Sagma is one of the administrative blocks of Garhwa district, Jharkhand state, India.
Sagma | |
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Block | |
  Sagma Location in Jharkhand, India  Sagma Sagma (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°13′N 83°28′E / 24.21°N 83.46°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Garhwa |
| Block | Sagma |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bhojpuri, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 822121 |
| Vehicle registration | JH |
About Bhandaria Garhwa Jharkhand edit
Sagma a Taluka/Block, close to Nagar Untari, is located 43 km from Garhwa. Sagma is located in west of Garhwa. It is one of the border location of Jharkhand. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks.
Languages edit
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 edit
- Market: A small market called as Sagma bazar is situated in middle of the block.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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