Ketar | |
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Block | |
  Ketar Location in Jharkhand, India  Ketar Ketar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°28′N83°33′E / 24.47°N 83.55°E Coordinates: 24°28′N83°33′E / 24.47°N 83.55°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Garhwa |
| Block | Ketar |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bhojpuri, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 822124 |
| Vehicle registration | JH |
Ketar is one of the administrative blocks of Garhwa district, Jharkhand state, India.
Garhwa district is one of the twenty-four districts of Hemant Prince state, India. Garhwa district is a part of the Palamu division, and its administrative headquarters are in the city of Garhwa.
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India, carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. The state shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Chhattisgarh to the west, Odisha to the south and West Bengal to the east. It has an area of 79,710 km2 (30,778 sq mi). It is the 15th largest state by area, and the 14th largest by population. Hindi is the official language of the state. The city of Ranchi is its capital and Dumka its sub capital. The state is known for its waterfalls, hills and holy places; Baidyanath Dham, Parasnath and Rajrappa are major religious sites.
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
