Maithon
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- Settlement.name
- Maithon
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Census Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Jharkhand#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Jharkhand, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jharkhand
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dhanbad
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- CD block
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Nirsa
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2.951
- Settlement.population_total
- 18,830
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
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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.
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