Maithon
Sign in to saveMaithon is a census town in Nirsa CD Block in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is situated on the banks of river Barakar
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- Settlement.name
- Maithon
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Census Town
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- India Jharkhand#India3
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- Location in Jharkhand, India
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jharkhand
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- District
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- Dhanbad
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- CD block
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- Nirsa
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- Metric
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Dhanbad district
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Maithon Dam
- Demographics
- Languages
- Infrastructure
- Culture
- Education
- Schools
- College
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Maithon is a census town in Nirsa CD Block in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is situated on the banks of river Barakar
==Etymology== The name has been derived from Maithan or Maa-er-Sthaan, meaning 'Mother's Place' in Bengali. The place of Maa or Mother, refers to Goddess Durga or Ma Kalyaneswari of the famous Kalyaneshwari temple nearby.