Horanda Alias Ramgarh | |
|---|---|
Block | |
  Horanda Alias Ramgarh Location in jharkhand, India | |
| Coordinates: 23°53′N 83°57′E / 23.88°N 83.95°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Palamu |
| Block | Ramgarh Block |
| Government | |
| • MLA | Alok Chaurasiya Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 86,139 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Magahi, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 822132 |
| Website | palamu |
Ramgarh block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand, India. It is also known as Horanda.
History
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
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
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.