Padwa block

Pandwa is one of the administrative community development block of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. The Pandwa block has 8,985 households with aggregate population of 46,957. The block has 8 panchayats and about 34 villages.

Padwa
Block
Padwa is located in Jharkhand
Padwa
Padwa
Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 24.173599°N 84.060195°E / 24.173599; 84.060195
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictPalamu
BlockPadwa
Government
 • MLARadha Krishna Kishore
Bharatiya Janata Party
Population
 (2001)
 • Total46,957
Languages
 • OfficialMagahi, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
822123

History

Pandwa a Taluka/Block, close to Medininager Palamu, is located 18 km from Medininagar(Daltonganj). Pandwa is a part of Chhatarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Pandwa is located in north of Daltonganj. It is well connected by NH 98.

Pandwa mod is one of the main landmark in this place. This is one of the junction point of Palamu district. One junction goes towards Manahar and Lamipatra. second junction goes towards Aurangabad, Bihar through Amba and Hariharganj. Third junction goes towards Garwa towards NH75. It is well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks. ATM facility is also available here for SBI near Pandwa Branch.

Administration

Panchayats

Pandwa mandal/Block consists of 8 Panchayats. The following are the list of Panchayats in the Block:

  1. Chhechauri
  2. Majhigawan
  3. Patra
  4. Murma
  5. Pandwa
  6. Lohra
  7. Garikhas
  8. Kajri

Villages

There are about 34 villages in Pandwa block, which you can browse from villages list below.

  1. Ahori
  2. Barwadih
  3. Basu
  4. Batsara
  5. Bhusra
  6. Buchi Lami
  7. Chakrudarpur
  8. Chhechhauri
  9. Chilhi
  10. Derwa
  11. Dulhi
  12. Dumri
  13. Gareriadih
  14. Gari Khas
  15. Golhana
  16. Jhari
  17. Kajarma
  18. Kajri
  19. Kathautia
  20. Kokarsa
  21. Lami
  22. Lohandi
  23. Lohanra
  24. Majhiganw
  25. Manahar
  26. Murma
  27. Pandwa
  28. Patra
  29. Rabdi
  30. Sakhua
  31. Sakhui
  32. Saraiya
  33. Sarma
  34. Sika

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

Education
  • 2 RK High School-(R.K High School Lami Patra & R.K High School Lohara)
  • RK middle school

Market

A small market called as Pandwa bazaar is situated in middle of the block which 1 km away from Pandwa block administrative building.Common shops like kirana, general store, saloon, cloth shop, fashion stores, jewelry stores, medicine stores etc. exists here in huge number.

Police Station

A police station is situated at the heart of Pandwa block. This police station is one of the important police station in Palamu district.

Bank

Two Banks are situated nearby Pandwa Bazaar. They are State Bank of India (SBIN0009494) and Palamu kshetriya Gramin Bank. SBI Bank has 24 hr ATM facility.

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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