>WikiCleanerBot at 21:18, 16 August 2020

2020-08-16T21:18:57Z

New page

'''Bhandra ({{Lang-hi|भंडरा }})''' is one of the administrative [[Community development block in India|block]]s of [[Lohardaga district]], [[Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]], [[India]].

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bhandra
| native_name = भंडरा
| native_name_lang = Hindi
| other_name =
| nickname = भंडरा
| settlement_type = Block
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.36|N|84.77|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[districts of Jharkhand|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Lohardaga district, Jharkhand|Lohardaga]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Cities and towns in Lohardaga district|Block]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bhandra Block|Bhandra]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total =
| population_as_of =
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Nagpuri language|Nagpuri]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 835302
| registration_plate =JH
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Bhandra block is''' situated in the southwest part of [[Lohardaga District]]. The block has a geographical area of 195.76 km<sup>2</sup>. 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 language|Asuri]], an [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]] language spoken by approximately 17,000 in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu;<ref name='ethnoaranadan'>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Asuri: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=asr | accessdate = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> and [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], a tongue in the [[Bihari language]] group with almost 40,000,000 speakers, written in both the [[Devanagari]] and [[Kaithi]] scripts.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Bhojpuri: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bho | accessdate = 2011-09-30 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>

==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.

==See also==
'''Nandni Dam,
Silk cocoon production Park'''
*[[Jharkhand]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Garhwa district]]

Bhandra block - Revision history

>WikiCleanerBot at 21:18, 16 August 2020