Patan block

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Patan
Block
Patan is located in Jharkhand
Patan
Patan
Location in jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 24°12′N 84°10′E / 24.20°N 84.17°E / 24.20; 84.17Coordinates: 24°12′N 84°10′E / 24.20°N 84.17°E / 24.20; 84.17
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictPalamu
Government
 • MLAPushpa Devi
Bharatiya Janata Party
Elevation
216 m (709 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total146,139
Languages
 • OfficialMagahi, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
822123
Websitepalamu.nic.in/patan.html

Patan is one of the administrative blocks/Tehsil/ Taluka of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. According to census (2001), the block has 25,186 households with aggregate population of 146,139. The block has 186 villages.

History[]

Patan a Taluka/Block, close to Medininager Palamu, is located 25 km from Medininagar (Daltonganj). Patan is a part of Chhatarpur (Jharkhand Assembly constituency). It is well connected by road via two road. Both Road connects to NH-139.

Old Patan Road is through patan mod Via Palhe and Main road passes through Bairiya chowk via Jonr. Patan surrounded on every side by mountains is a small beautiful town. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks. ATM also available here for SBI near Patan Bazar.

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]


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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.

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