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Poraiyahat Poreyahat | |
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Town | |
  Poraiyahat Location in Jharkhand, India | |
| Coordinates:24°40′41″N87°10′19″E / 24.67806°N 87.17194°E /24.67806; 87.17194 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Godda |
| Elevation | 145 m (476 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,319 |
| Languages (*For language details seePoraiyahat (community development block)#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi,Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 814153 (Poraiyahat) |
| Telephone/STD code | 06422 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Godda |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Poreyahat |
| Website | godda |
Poraiyahat is a town in the Poraiyahat community division block in theGodda district ofJharkhand,India.
Poraiyahat is a town located on the north-east border of Bihar and Jharkhand.
Poraiyahat has an area of 487 hectares (1,200 acres).[1]
TheRajmahal hills run from the bank of theGanges in the extreme north to the south into the Dumka district. The entire area is mostly rural, with only small pockets of urbanisation.[2]
According to the2011 Census of India, Poraiyahat had a total population of 6,319, of which 3,296 (52%) were males and 3,023 (48%) were females. 876 people were in the age range 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Poraiyahat was 4,106 (75.44% of the population over six years).[1]
The Deoghar-Godda-PirpaintiNH 133 passes through Poraiyahat, and connects to the Farakka-ArwalNH 33 at Pirpainti.[3]
The 30 km Hansdiha-Godda rail, part of theEastern Railway, passes through Poraiyahat.[4][5]
