::This page is about a village in Jharkhand, India.

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Dhanbad Sadar subdivision Dhanbad Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Dhanbad district in the state of Jharkhand, India. History The earliest administrative mention of Dhanbad, refers to the transfer of the headquarters of Gobindapur subdivision of er ...

Dhanbad district Dhanbad district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand States and territories of India, state, India, and Dhanbad is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Jharkhand ...

in the

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

Geography

Location

Latani is located at . Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Overview

The region shown in the map lies to the north of

Dhanbad Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur and a major financial hub of Jharkhand. In terms of economy, Dhanbad has the largest economy in the state of Jharkhand and it is often referred to as th ...

city and is an extensive rural area with villages (particularly in the northern areas) scattered around hills. One of the many spurs of

Pareshnath Hill Parasnath Hill (also Sammet Shikhar, Marang Buru) is a mountain peak in the Parasnath hill range. It is located towards the eastern end of the Chota Nagpur Plateau in the Giridih district (Hazaribagh district in British India) of the Indian ...

(1,365.50 m), situated in neighbouring Giridih district, passes through the Topchanchi and Tundi areas of the district. The

Barakar River The Barakar River is the main tributary of the Damodar River in eastern India. Originating near Padma, Hazaribagh, Padma in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand it flows for across the northern part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, mostly in a west to eas ...

flows along the northern boundary. The region shown in the map covers several CD blocks –

Topchanchi Topchanchi is a census town in Topchanchi CD block in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Topchanchi is located at . It has an average elevation of 304 metres (997 feet ...

, Govindpur,

Tundi Tundi is a village in Tundi CD block in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Tundi is located at . Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All ...

, Purbi Tundi and a small part of Baghmara. The Kolkata-Agra

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(old number NH 2)/

Grand Trunk Road Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It r ...

cuts across the southern part of the region.

Police station

Purvi Tundi police station serves Purbi Tundi CD Block.

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Purbi Tundi CD block is at Latani.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Latani had a total population of 1,762 of which 883 (50%) were males and 879 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 243. The total number of literates in Latani was 1,039 (68.40% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

Latani is on the Dhanbad-Jamtara Road.

Education

Middle School, Latani was established in 1939. It is a Hindi-medium co-educational school with arrangements for teaching from Class I to Class VIII.

References

Villages in Dhanbad district {{Jharkhand-geo-stub