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Ramgarh block

Coordinates: 23°53′N 83°57′E / 23.88°N 83.95°E / 23.88; 83.95
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Horanda Alias Ramgarh
Block
Horanda Alias Ramgarh is located in Jharkhand
Horanda Alias Ramgarh
Horanda Alias Ramgarh
Location in jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 23°53′N 83°57′E / 23.88°N 83.95°E / 23.88; 83.95
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictPalamu
BlockRamgarh Block
Government
 • MLAAlok Chaurasiya
Bharatiya Janata Party
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
86,139
Languages
 • OfficialMagahi, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
822132
Websitepalamu.nic.in

Ramgarh block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand, India. It is also known as Horanda.

History

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Horanda Alias Ramgarh a Taluka/Block, close to Medininager Palamu, is located 27 km from Medininagar (Daltonganj). Horanda is a part of Daltonganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Ramgarh surrounded on every side by mountains is a small beautiful town. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks. ATM also available here for SBI near Horanda Bazar.

Languages

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Languages spoken here include Asuri, an Austroasiatic language spoken by approximately 17 000 in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu;[1] and Bhojpuri, a tongue in the Bihari language group with almost 40 000 000 speakers, written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Asuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  2. ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bhojpuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 30 September 2011.