Haidernagar block

Haidarnagar was a rajput-dominated region since 1770 when the Mahthan rajputs captured the town. The nawab made a treaty with rajput chief Babu Shiv Dayal Singh. According to the treaty, 24 out of 55 villages were granted to Shiv Dayal.later the estate got divided into babu sahebs of Babhandih, Bilaspur, loharpurva, haidernagar.The nawabs lost honour and value among the locals. Babu Tapeswari Singh went to study law from a college in Bihar.His son Biseswar Dayal Singh became a zamindar. He was active in politics and the freedom struggle. He donated acres of lands during the bhoodan gramdan movement of Vinoba Bhave.

The rajputs in this region still have clout and dominate politics. Bijendra Prasad Singh is the present landlord of Babhandi.His elder son subodh singh is next heir of landlordship.[1][2][3]

Languages spoken there include Asuri, an Austroasiatic language spoken by approximately 17 000 in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu;[4] and Bhojpuri, a tongue in the Bihari language group with almost 40 million speakers, written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts.[5]

• Palamu Loksabha constituency
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

• Pansa-Sundipur Bridge - Longest Bridge of Jharkhand
• Blocks of Palamu district
• Bridge