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  Barharwa Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Barharwa Barharwa (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:24°51′28″N87°46′38″E / 24.857778°N 87.777167°E /24.857778; 87.777167 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Sahibganj |
| Government | |
| • Type | Nagar Panchayat |
| • Body | Barharwa Nagar Panchayat |
| • Chairman | Shyamal Das |
| • Deputy Chairman | Lokesh Kushwaha |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 12,617 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi) |
| Languages (*For language details seeBarharwa (community development block)#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi,Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | JH 18 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Rajmahal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Pakaur |
| Website | sahibganj |
Barharwa is a town with aNagar panchayat in theRajmahal subdivision of theSahibganj district in theIndianstate ofJharkhand.
Barharwa is anagar panchayat.[1][2]
Barharwa is located at24°51′28″N87°46′38″E / 24.857778°N 87.777167°E /24.857778; 87.777167.
Barharwa has an area of 4.06 square kilometres (1.57 sq mi).[3]
The map shows a hilly area with theRajmahal hills running from the bank of theGanges in the extreme north to the south, beyond the area covered by the map into Dumka district. ‘Farakka’ is marked on the map and that is whereFarakka Barrage is, just inside West Bengal.Rajmahal coalfield is shown in the map. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[4]
Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked and you can easily move on to another page of your choice. Enlarge the map to see what else is there – one gets railway links, many more road links and so on.
According to the2011 Census of India, Barharwa had a total population of 12,617, of which 6,550 (52%) were males and 6,067 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,694. The total number of literate persons in Barharwa was 8,570 (78.46% of the population over 6 years).[3]
A newspaper report says that 9 villages have been added for the formation of Barharwa nagar panchayat in 2016 and the population rose to 24,133. This rise would obviously get reflected in the 2021 census.[2]
According to theDistrict Census Handbook 2011, Sahibganj, Barharwa covered an area of 4.06 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 14 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered well. It had 1,189 domestic electric connections, 105 road light points. Among the educational facilities it had 4 primary schools, 5 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools, 1 general degree college. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 2 stadiums, 2 cinema theatres, 1 auditorium/ community hall, 1 public library,1 reading room. Three important commodities it produced were bidi, papad, aachar. It had the branch offices of 2 nationalised banks.[5]
Barharwa police station servesBarharwa CD block.[6][7]
Headquarters of Barharwa CD block is at Barharwa town.[8]
Barharwa Junction railway station is on theSahibganj loop. TheBarharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop originates from Barharwa.[9]
B.S.K. College, affiliated withSido Kanhu Murmu University, was established at Barharwa.[10]
B.S.A. Mahila College, affiliated withSido Kanhu Murmu University, was established at Barharwa.[11]
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