Padwa block

Padwa or 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 Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 24.173599°N 84.060195°E / 24.173599; 84.060195
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Block	Padwa
Government
• MLA	Radha Krishna Kishore Bharatiya Janata Party
Population  (2001)
• Total	46,957
Languages
• Official	Magahi, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+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

• Chhatarpur Assembly
• Palamu Loksabha constituency
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• Jharkhand
• Palamu

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.

External links

• Blocks of Palamu district
• Details of Pandwa block
• Details of villages under Pandwa block