Berhait Bazar | |
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Census Town | |
  Berhait Bazar Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Berhait Bazar Berhait Bazar (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:24°53′16″N87°36′51″E / 24.887789°N 87.614242°E /24.887789; 87.614242 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Sahibganj |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.25 km2 (0.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,732 |
| • Density | 19,000/km2 (49,000/sq mi) |
| Languages (*For language details seeBarhait (community development block)#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi,Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 816102 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 06426 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Rajmahal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Barhait |
| Website | sahibganj |
Berhait Bazar is acensus town in theBarhaitCD block in theSahibganj subdivision of theSahibganj district in theIndianstate ofJharkhand.
Berhait Bazar is located at24°53′16″N87°36′51″E / 24.887789°N 87.614242°E /24.887789; 87.614242.
Berhait Bazar has an area of 0.25 square kilometres (0.097 sq mi).[1]
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 area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[2]
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, Berhait Bazar had a population of 4,732, of which 2,482 (52%) were males and 2,259 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 623. The total number of literate persons in Berhait Bazar was 3,282 (79.87% of the population over 6 years).[1]
According to theDistrict Census Handbook 2011, Sahibganj, Berhait Bazar covered an area of 0.25 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, R/C. It had 334 domestic electric connections, 16 road lighting points. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, the nearest secondary school (?), senior secondary school atBarharwa 20 km away (?). It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.[3]
See also –Berhait Santali#Education
