Sagma is one of the administrative
block
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Garhwa district
Garhwa District is one of the twenty-four districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The Garhwa District is part of the Palamu division and has its administrative headquarters in Garhwa City.
History
The Garhwa District was established on April 1 ...
,
Jharkhand
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state
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About Bhandaria Garhwa Jharkhand
Sagma a Taluka/Block, close to Nagar Untari, is located 43 km from Garhwa. Sagma is located in west of Garhwa. It is one of the border location of
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in 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 and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks.
Languages
Languages spoken here include
Asuri, an
Austroasiatic
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language spoken by approximately 17 000 in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu;
and
Bhojpuri
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, a tongue in the
Bihari language
Bihari is a group of the Indo-Aryan languages. The Bihari languages are mainly spoken in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh and also in Nepal.Brass, Paul R. (1974). ''Language, Religion and Politics in North Ind ...
group with almost 40 000 000 speakers, written in both the
Devanagari
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and
Kaithi
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scripts.
Facilities
*Market: A small market called as Sagma bazar is situated in middle of the block.
See also
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Garhwa district
Garhwa District is one of the twenty-four districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The Garhwa District is part of the Palamu division and has its administrative headquarters in Garhwa City.
History
The Garhwa District was established on April 1 ...
*
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in 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 and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
References
Garhwa district
Community development blocks in Jharkhand
Community development blocks in Garhwa district
Cities and towns in Garhwa district
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