Mohubani
Mohubani | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Madhubani | |
  Mohubani Location in Jharkhand, India  Mohubani Mohubani (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°42′57″N 86°31′27″E / 23.71583°N 86.52417°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Dhanbad |
| Government | |
| • Type | Representative democracy |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.3 km2 (0.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 196 m (643 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,600 |
| • Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Kudmali |
| Literacy (2011) | |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 828201 (Baliapur) |
| Telephone/STD code | 0326 |
| Vehicle registration | JH 10 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dhanbad |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sindri |
| Website | dhanbad |
Mohubani (Hindi: mohubani, Bengali: mohubani) is a village in Gobindpur block of
Dhanbad District, in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Origin of its name
[edit]The name "Mohubani" may be derived from the words "mohua" - a kind of tree flower used to make a drink, and "ban" - a forest.[citation needed]
Demographics
[edit]Mahubani Local Language is Hindi. Mahubani Village Total population is 1535 and number of houses are 308. Female Population is 48.1%. Village literacy rate is 56.9% and the Female Literacy rate is 21.8%.
Geography and climate
[edit]Mohubani is located at 23°46′31″N 86°34′06″E / 23.775252°N 86.5682316°E. It is 15 km from Dhanbad station, 18 km from Sindri, 12 km from Govindpur, 10 km from baliapur. Its nearest railway station and post office is chhota Ambona nearly 2 km from village, and its thana is Govindpur.
Mohubani features climate that is transitional between a humid subtropical climate and a tropical wet and dry climate. Summer starts from last week of March and ends in mid-June. Peak temperature in summer can reach 47 °C. Dhanbad also receives heavy rainfall. In winter, the minimum temperature remains around 12 °C with a maximum of 22 °C. Forests present are of a northern tropical dry deciduous type. In many of these forests, people are engaged in sericulture.
Language
[edit]Hindi and Bengali are widely spoken. In addition, several tribal languages are also spoken, including Khortha.
References
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 Census Commission of India. Archived from http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
