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

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)
 • Total86,139
Languages
 • OfficialMagahi, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
822132
Websitepalamu.nic.in

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.