Bhandra block

Bhandra (Hindi: भंडरा) is one of the administrative blocks of Lohardaga district, Jharkhand state, India.

Bhandra
भंडरा
Block
Nickname(s): भंडरा
Bhandra
Location in Jharkhand, India
Bhandra
Bhandra (India)
Coordinates: 23°22′N 84°46′E / 23.36°N 84.77°E / 23.36; 84.77Coordinates: 23°22′N 84°46′E / 23.36°N 84.77°E / 23.36; 84.77
Country  India
State Jharkhand
District Lohardaga
Block Bhandra
Languages
 • Official Nagpuri, Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 835302
Vehicle registration JH

About Bhandra Lohardaga Jharkhand

Bhandra block is situated in southwest part of Lohardaga district. The block has a geographical area of 195.76 km2. As per the Panchayat notification 45 villages in the block are part of 09 Gram Panchayats. According to Census 2011, the total population of the block is 57,332; male population was 28,727, female population was 28,605, and population aged 0-6 was 9,623.

Languages

Languages spoken here Hindi, Nagpuri, Kudukh and Sadri 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

  • Market: A small market called as Bhandra bazar is situated in middle of the block.
  • Akhileshwar Temple: A very old Shiv Temple(Hindu's god) situated at a small hight tableland in Bhandra and many old shivlings are founded in Open field.
  • scenery: amazing sceneries, mountains are in the village.
  • Rath fair(Mela): Jharkhand's second largest 9 days Rath Yatra Fair Organise in June/July, its called here Rath Mela.

See also

Nandni Dam, Silk cocoon production Park

References

  1. ↑ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Asuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  2. ↑ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bhojpuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
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