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Nagar Untari
Sub-Division in Jharkhand, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shree Banshidhar Nagar, formerly known as Nagar Untari, is one of the administrative block in Garhwa district, Jharkhand state, India. It is located 40 km towards west from District headquarters Garhwa. Shree Banshidhar Nagar is surrounded by states Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Bihar.
Ranchi is the state capital of it which is located around 212.5 km away.
This place is famous for Baba Shree Banshidhar and Raja Pahari . Shree Banshidhar temple contains century old gold statue of Radha-Krishna and Raja Pahari(Shiva Temple) located at the Top of a Hill.
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Shree Banshidhar Nagar lies between 23°50′ and 24°8′ north latitude and between 83°55′ and 84°30′ east longitude. It is bordered on the north by Bihar and on the east by the Palamu district, on the south by Chhattisgarh and on the west by Uttar Pradesh. This covers an area of 5043.8 km² and has a population of 46079 approximately. The surrounding nearby villages and its distance from Shree Banshidhar Nagar are Kushdand 0.4 km, Chitvishram 1.5 km, Tharakiya 6 km, Puraini 1.6 km, Jangipur 3.4 km, Bhojpur 3.7 km, Garbandh 7.2 km, Bilaspur 7.8 km. The following table shows other railway stations and its distance from Shree banshidhar nagar Untari.
- Wyndhamganj - 10.4 km.
- Ramna - 11.7 km.
- Mahuariya - 20.4 km
- Meralgram - 23.2 km.
- Garhwa - 33.9 km.
- Garhwa Road - 48.7 km.
- Ranchi - 243.8 km.
The other nearest state capitals are Lucknow, Patna and Raipur. Shree Banshidhar Nagar is a village panchayat located in the Garhwa district of Jharkhand state, India. The latitude 24.28 and longitude 83.50 are the geocoordinate of the Shree Banshidhar Nagar. Distance of Lucknow from here is 258.5 km. The other surrounding state capitals are Patna 221.4 km, Lucknow 385.9 km, Bhubaneswar 507.1 km.
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Shree Banshidhar Nagar (earlier named as Nagar Untari) is a Royal estate which was once ruled by the Deo Family. Bhaiya Rudra Pratap Deo was the last ruler to have ruled the place. Bhaiya Shankar pratap deo Son of Bhaiya Rudra Pratap Deo has 5 sons (Bade Raja) Raj Rajendra Pratap Deo, Dharmendra Pratap Deo, Mahendra Pratap Deo, Birender Pratap Deo and (Chote Raja) Anant Pratap Deo. Bhaiya Shankar Pratap Deo was a former minister in government of Bihar and multiple times member of legislative assembly. The family owns a magnificent Palace in the city which is very near to shree Bansidhar mandir and is a sight to view. The family still stays in the Palace and are actively involved in the state politics.
According to 2011 census Shree Banshidhar Nagar has population of 49050. It has a population density of 352 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,440/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–11 was 28.9%. It has sex ratio of 987 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 42.13%.
Languages
The languages spoken here besides Hindi 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]
Festivals
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Facilities
- Market: A small market called Nagar bazar is situated in the middle of the block.
- Railway Station Nagar Untari is a famous railway station connected to Garhwa and Renukoot central government approved to rename this railway station on name of Lord Shri Krishna as Shree Banshidhar Nagar railway station .
- Hospital Trauma Centre Hospital Shree Banshidhar Nagar is one of the famous hospital at Shree Banshidhar Nagar.
Tourists Attractions
- Sukhaldari: This is a beautiful waterfall located in Dhurki, Shree Banshidhar Nagar. Many people come here for bathing on festivals.
It is specially known for "Makar Sankranti" festival.
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