Country India District Giridih 06554 825412 Local time Monday 10:37 PM | State Jharkhand Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Vehicle registration JH-11 | |
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Dhanwar is a census town in the Giridih district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is part of Dhanwar (community development block).
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Map of Rajdhanwar, Jharkhand
Geography
Dhanwar is located at 24.42°N 85.98°E / 24.42; 85.98. It has an average elevation of 336 metres (1102 feet). It has a dam called "Naulakha Dam" where many people come here for celebrating the picnic. khorimahua(Rajdhanwar) subdivisional has five block. These blocks are rajdhanwar, jamua,gawan,tisri,deori.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Dhanwar had a population of 18,000. There were 9500 males and 8,500 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 698 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 6.
As of 2001 India census, Dhanwar had a population of 7,935. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Dhanwar has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; male literacy is 73% and, female literacy is 55%. In Dhanwar, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The name "Dhanwar"(khorimahua) is the name of a subdivisional in Giridih and Rajdhanwar is now its current name. Rajdhanwar is a place for business at basic level. it has become a huge market place where the daily transaction are into millions, major contribution being from sale of food products, cloth, jewelry, and metals. This town is very famous for "Chath" puja in jharkhand state. Every year, around 4 lakhs people visit Dhanwar chath ghat called "Rajghat" during chath. Decoration of Rajghat occurs at huge level,which fascinates the visitors.
Literacy
As of 2011 census, the total number of literates in Dhanwar was 16,893 out of which 8763 were males and 8130 were females.
Temple
Jharkhand Dham - It is situated approximately 55 km from Giridih and 10 km from Rajdhanwar. "Jharkhand Dham" which is considered to be the second most worshiped temple of "Shiva", after Baidhnath Dham in Deoghar.
Hanuman Mandir- it is situated at Bada Chowk (cinema road) 3 km from Dhanwar station.
TELECOM *** 1* JIO 4G 2* AIRTEL 3G/4G 3* BSNL 3G 4* VODAFONE 2G 5* IDEA 3G/4G 6* TELENOR 2G/4G 7* TATADOCOMO 2G 8* AIRCEL 2G 9* RELIANCE 3G
BANK***1* STATE BANK OF INDIA 2* BANK OF INDIA 3* ICICI BANK (GHANDHI CHOWK RAJDHANWAR) 4* ALLAHABAD BANK (OPEN SHORTLY) 5* CANARA BANK (OPEN SHORTLY) 6* BANK OF BARODA (OPEN SHORTLY) 7* PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK(OPEN SHORTLY) 8* JHARKHAND GRAMIN BANK
ATM***1* STATE BANK OF INDIA (AMAR CHOWK) 2* BANK OF INDIA (MAIN ROADE/GHANDHI CHOWK) 3* ICICI (MAIN ROADE) OPEN SHORTLY 4* ALLAHABAD ATM (MAIN ROADE) OPEN SHORTLY 5* CANARA BANK ATM (GHANDHI CHOWK) OPEN SHORTLY 6*BANK OF BARODA ATM (BARA CHOWK) OPEN SHORTLY 7*PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK (THANA CHOWK) OPEN SHORTLY 8* AXIS BANK ATM (GHANDHI CHOWK)