Pandu block

Pandu
Block
Pandu Location in jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 24°19′N 83°58′E / 24.32°N 83.96°E
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Block	Pandu
Government
• MLA	Ramachandra Chandravansi Bharatiya Janata Party
Population (2001)
• Total	74,464
Languages
• Official	Magahi, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	822124
Website	palamu.nic.in/pandu.html

Pandu block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. According to census (2001), the block has a population of 74,464. The block has 71 villages. It is named for Pandu.

Now one more Block, Untari Road has been created from Pandu Block.

There is one Government Hospital, and many Registered Pvt Clinics.

One Branch of Vananchal Gramin bank is taking care of financial needs for the People of this reason.

There exists following facilities in Block Headquarter Pandu:

• BSNL Telephone exchange (Burnt by Maoists several years ago)
• Post Office
• Police Station
• Kalyan High School(Govt)
• Kasturba Gandhi Girls High School (Govt Residential)
• Priyadarshini Indira Gandhi Girls High School (Govt. Aided)
• Government Middle School
• Girls Middle School(Govt.)
• Gyan Jyoti Public School
• SS Public School
• Gyan Niketan Public School
• Saraswati Shishu Mandir(school)
• One PYKKA center is functiong under able leadership of Ktidashree Sanjay Pandey

Pandu is well connected throu Bus from Garhwa, Daltonganj and Rehla.

Nearest Railway station is Untari Road - 12 km, Garwa Road - 15 km, Garhwa - 22 km, DaltonGanj 30 km (Ariel distance)

Nearest Airport is - Ranchi - 180 km, Patna - 187 km, Varanasi- 150 km

See also

• Palamu Loksabha constituency
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• Jharkhand
• Palamu

External links

• Pandu Map
• Pandu Official page
• Jharkhand Vishwanath Temple