Patan block

Patan
पाटन
Block
Nickname(s): पाटन
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
State Jharkhand
District Palamu
Block Patan
Government
  MLA Radha Krishna Kishore
Bharatiya Janata Party
Elevation 216 m (709 ft)
Population (2001)
  Total 146,139
Languages
  Official Magahi, Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 822123
Website palamu.nic.in/patan.html

Patan (Hindi: पाटन) is one of the administrative blocks/Tehsil/ Taluka(प्रखंड) 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-98.

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]


See also

References

  1. M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Asuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  2. M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bhojpuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
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