Kolebira block

Kolebira (Hindi: कोलेविरा) is one of the blocks of the Simdega district, Jharkhand state, India.

Kolebira block
कोलेविरा
Nickname(s): कोलेविरा

Location in jharkhand, India

Coordinates: 22°41′N 84°41′E / 22.69°N 84.69°E / 22.69; 84.69Coordinates: 22°41′N 84°41′E / 22.69°N 84.69°E / 22.69; 84.69
Country  India
State Jharkhand
District Simdega
Block Kolebira
Languages
 • Official Nagpuri, Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 835211
Vehicle registration JH

About Kolebira

Kolebira is located 27 km from Simdega, and 111 km from Ranchi. It is one of the constituencies of Vidhan Sabha, and is bordered by the Palkot Block to the north, Jaldega Block to the south, Basia Block to the east, and Simdega Block to the west. Nearby cities include: Simdega, Biramitrapur, Gumla and Raurkela.

Kolebira is situated 452 m above the sea level and includes 195 villages and 11 panchayats that border the Simdega and Gumla Districts. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, and other cellular network providers.

Languages

Languages spoken here include Asuri, an Austroasiatic language spoken by approximately 17,000 people in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu,[1] and Bhojpuri, a mixed dialect of Hindi and Bihari language groups with almost 40,000,000 speakers, written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts.[2]

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 2011-09-28.
  2. ↑ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bhojpuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-30.


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