Ramgarh block

Horanda Alias Ramgarh
Block
Horanda Alias Ramgarh Location in jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 23.88°N 83.95°E / 23.88; 83.95
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.nic.in

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

• Daltonganj Assembly
• Palamu Loksabha constituency
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• Jharkhand
• Palamu

References

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.