Patan is one of the administrative blocks/Tehsil/ Taluka of
Palamu district
Palamu district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand, India. It was formed in 1892. The administrative headquarters of the district is Medininagar, situated on the South Koel River, Koel River. Palamu district lies in north-western par ...
, Jharkhand
state
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, India. According to the census of 2001 the block has 25,186 households with a population of 146,139. The block has 186 villages.
Patan is a part of
Chhatarpur (Jharkhand Assembly constituency).
Languages
Languages spoken here include
Asuri, an
Austroasiatic
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language spoken by approximately 17 000 in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu;
and
Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri may refer to:
* Bhojpuri language, an Indo-Aryan language of India and Nepal
* Bhojpuri grammar, grammatical rules of the language
* Bhojpuri nouns, nouns of the language
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* Bhojpuri region ...
, a tongue in the
Bihari language
Bihari languages are a group of the Indo-Aryan languages. The Bihari languages are mainly spoken in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, and also in Nepal.Brass, Paul R. (1974). ''Language, Religion and Politic ...
group with almost 40 000 000 speakers, written in both the
Devanagari
Devanagari ( ; in script: , , ) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental systems: alphabets, writing system), based on the ancient ''Brāhmī script, Brā ...
and
Kaithi
Kaithi (), also called Kayathi (), Kayasthi (), or Kayastani, is a Brahmic script historically used across parts of Northern and Eastern India. It was prevalent in regions corresponding to modern-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand. The s ...
scripts.
See also
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Chhatarpur Assembly
*
Palamu Loksabha constituency
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Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Ranchi, the capital of the state.
List of assemblies
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Jharkhand
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Palamu Palamu may refer to:
* Palamu division, a division of Jharkhand state, India
* Palamu district, a district in Palamu division
* Palamu Fort, forts in the forests of the Palamau Tiger Reserve
* Palamu (Lok Sabha constituency) a parliamentary const ...
References
External links
Blocks of Palamu district* http://palamu.nic.in/patan.html
{{Palamu district
Community development blocks in Jharkhand
Community development blocks in Palamu district