Kairo block

Kairo (Hindi: काइरो) is one of the administrative blocks of Lohardaga district, Jharkhand state, India.

Kairo

काइरो
Block
Nickname(s): 
काइरो
Kairo
Location in Jharkhand, India
Kairo
Kairo (India)
Coordinates: 23.44°N 84.84°E / 23.44; 84.84
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictLohardaga
BlockKairo
Languages
  OfficialBhojpuri, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
835302
Vehicle registrationJH

About Kisko Lohardaga Jharkhand

Kairo block is situated in the East region of Lohardaga district,. 14 gram panchayats covered by 65 villages with a total population of 83,922, male population was 41,989, female population 41,933. There were 14,568 persons in 0-6 years age group.

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]

Facilities

  • Market: A small market called Kairo Bazar is situated in middle of the block.

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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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