Ketar Garhwa

Ketar (Hindi: केतार) is one of the administrative blocks of Garhwa district, Jharkhand state, India.

Ketar
केतार
Block
Nickname(s): केतार
Ketar
Ketar

Location in Jharkhand, India

Coordinates: 24°28′N 83°33′E / 24.47°N 83.55°E / 24.47; 83.55Coordinates: 24°28′N 83°33′E / 24.47°N 83.55°E / 24.47; 83.55
Country  India
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Block Ketar
Languages
  Official Bhojpuri, Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 822124
Vehicle registration JH

About Ketar Garhwa Jharkhand

Ketar a Taluka/Block, is located 61km from Garhwa. Ketar is located near koel river. 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 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 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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