Padwa block
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Coordinates: 24°10′25″N 84°03′37″E / 24.173599°N 84.060195°ECoordinates: 24°10′25″N 84°03′37″E / 24.173599°N 84.060195°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Jharkhand |
District | Palamu |
Block | Padwa |
Government | |
• MLA | Radha Krishna Kishore Bharatiya Janata Party |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 46,957 |
Languages | |
• Official | Magahi, Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 822123 |
Pandwa is one of the administrative community development block of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. The Pandwa block has 8,985 households with aggregate population of 46,957. The block has 8 panchayats and about 34 villages.
History
Pandwa a Taluka/Block, close to Medininager Palamu, is located 18 km from Medininagar(Daltonganj). Pandwa is a part of Chhatarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Pandwa is located in north of Daltonganj. It is well connected by NH 98.
Pandwa mod is one of the main landmark in this place. This is one of the junction point of Palamu district. One junction goes towards Manahar and Lamipatra. second junction goes towards Aurangabad, Bihar through Amba and Hariharganj. Third junction goes towards Garwa towards NH75. It is well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks. ATM facility is also available here for SBI near Pandwa Branch.
Administration
Panchayats
Pandwa mandal/Block consists of 8 Panchayats. The following are the list of Panchayats in the Block:
Villages
There are about 34 villages in Pandwa block, which you can browse from villages list below.
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]
Facilities
Education
- 2 RK High School-(R.K High School Lami Patra & R.K High School Lohara)
- RK middle school
Market
A small market called as Pandwa bazaar is situated in middle of the block which 1 km away from Pandwa block administrative building.Common shops like kirana, general store, saloon, cloth shop, fashion stores, jewelry stores, medicine stores etc. exists here in huge number.
Police Station
A police station is situated at the heart of Pandwa block. This police station is one of the important police station in Palamu district.
Bank
Two Banks are situated nearby Pandwa Bazaar. They are State Bank of India (SBIN0009494) and Palamu kshetriya Gramin Bank. SBI Bank has 24 hr ATM facility.
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.
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