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: 23.36°N 84.77°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Lohardaga |
| Block | Bhandra |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Nagpuri, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 835302 |
| Vehicle registration | JH |
Bhandra block is situated in the 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 the middle of the block.
- Akhileshwar Temple: A very old Shiv Temple(Hindu's god) situated at a small height 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, it is called here Rath Mela.
References
- 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.
- 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.