Bhawnathpur Garhwa

Block in Jharkhand, India
24°23′N 83°34′E / 24.38°N 83.57°E / 24.38; 83.57Country IndiaStateJharkhandDistrictGarhwaBlockBhawnathpurLanguages
 • OfficialBhojpuri, HindiTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN
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Vehicle registrationJH14

Bhawnathpur is one of the administrative blocks of Garhwa district, Jharkhand state, India.

About Bhawnathpur Garhwa Jharkhand

Bhawnathpur a Taluka/Block, close to Ranka, is located 40 km from Garhwa. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks. SAIL (RMD) has limestone and dolomite mines in Bhawanathpur.

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

A small market called Bhawnathpur bazar is situated in middle of the block.

See also

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.
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