Barachatti

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Barachatti
tehsil
Barachatti is located in Bihar
Barachatti
Barachatti
Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 24°31′0″N 85°1′0″E / 24.51667°N 85.01667°E / 24.51667; 85.01667Coordinates: 24°31′0″N 85°1′0″E / 24.51667°N 85.01667°E / 24.51667; 85.01667
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictGaya
Elevation
159 m (522 ft)
Languages
 • Official, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
824201
Coastline0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest cityGaya, Kolkatta
Lok Sabha constituencyGaya
Avg. summer temperature30–48 °C (86–118 °F)
Avg. winter temperature20–3 °C (68–37 °F)

Barachatti is a block (Tehsil) in the Gaya district of Bihar, India. Barachatti contains 141 villages and 13 gram panchayat. Sarwan bazar is the biggest and Nimi is the smallest village of Barachatti. The total population in Barachatti sub-district is 142,534 according to the census during 2011 by Indian Government. There are 72,455 males (51%) and 70,079 females (49%).[1] Jyoti Manjhi is current MLA of Barachatti.Sobh bazaar is the one largest bazar of sabji mandi in bihar.

Location[]

Barachatti is 159 m (522 ft) above sea level.[2] It is situated 45 km south of district headquarters Gaya and 150 km from the state capital Patna in the north. It is bounded by Block towards the east, Itkhori Block towards the south, Fatehpur Block towards the north, Block towards the north. Bodh Gaya City, Gaya City, Sherghati City, Jhumri Tilaiya City are the closest cities.

Transportation[]

The National Highway 2 Grand Trunk Road from Kolkata to Delhi passes through Barachatti. The nearest railway station is Gaya Junction 47 km from Barachatti, which has trains to major destinations in India. The nearest airport is Gaya International Airport 40 km from Barachatti.

Commerce[]

Barachatti Bazar (Sanichhar Bazar) Sarwan Bazar (Mangal Bazar) is among the largest cattle markets in Gaya situated at Barachatti. The Mangal bazzar runs every Tuesday. There are other markets in Barachatti including Sobh Bazzar, (jagarnath vastraly sobh) Bhadhya bazzar and Barachatti market. Balti & Jug market is located at 500 metres from the Barachatti block office.

Education[]

The literacy rate for the population was 47.52 per cent. Literates were 67,745 of which males were 39,891 and females 27,854. There are 7344,789 illiterates in Barachatti block.[3] Schools and colleges include:

  • B.N.S. Public school
  • Jeevan Deep Public school (Barachatti)
  • S.S High School Barachatti
  • Middle School, Barachatti
  • Primary School Imamganj, Bhadeya
  • Urdu Middle School, Bajarker
  • Middle School, Lahathua
  • Middle school, Simarwar
  • Sir Syed Memorial School, Karma, Bhadeya
  • Sullebatta High School
  • High School, Bumuar
  • State Subsidised High School, Barrachatti
  • Project Kanya High School, Barachatti
  • B.N.S college (Sobh College), Mayapur
  • Urdu Middle School, Bhadeya (upgraded to 10+2)
  • Bihar public School
  • Chanya public school (Sarwan Bazar)

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References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Map and weather of Barachatti
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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