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Palamu district Palamu district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was formed in 1892. The administrative headquarter of the district is Medininagar (formerly DaltonGanj), situated on the Koel River. History The Palamu district ha ...

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Pandwa
block has 8,985 households with aggregate population of 46,957. The block has 8 panchayats and about 34 villages.

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: # Chhechauri # Majhigawan # Patra # Murma # Pandwa #

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# Garikhas #

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Villages

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

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# Sakhua # Sakhui # Saraiya # Sarma # Sika

Languages

Languages spoken here include Asuri, an

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language spoken by approximately 17,000 in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu; and

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, a tongue in the

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group with almost 40 000 000 speakers, written in both the

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and

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scripts.

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.

References

External links

Blocks of Palamu district

{{Palamu district Community development blocks in Jharkhand Community development blocks in Palamu district