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Ranka Garhwa

Coordinates: 23°59′N 83°47′E / 23.99°N 83.79°E / 23.99; 83.79
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Ranka
Block
Ranka is located in Jharkhand
Ranka
Ranka
Location in Jharkhand, India
Ranka is located in India
Ranka
Ranka
Ranka (India)
Coordinates: 23°59′N 83°47′E / 23.99°N 83.79°E / 23.99; 83.79
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictGarhwa
BlockRanka
Languages
 • OfficialBhojpuri, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
822125
Vehicle registrationJH

Ranka is one of the administrative blocks of Garhwa district, Jharkhand state, India.

About Ranka Garhwa Jharkhand

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Ranka a Taluka/Block, close to Ranka, is located 22 km from Garhwa. Ranka is located on NH343. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks.

Languages

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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

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  • Market: A small market called as Ranka bazar is situated in middle of the block.

See also

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References

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  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.