Banarhat is a community development block (CD block) that forms an

administrative division Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

in the

Dhupguri subdivision Dhupguri subdivision is an Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. History The subdivision was previously part of the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision. Following the deat ...

of the

Jalpaiguri district Jalpaiguri district () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was established in 1869 during British Raj. The headquarters of the district are in the city of Jalpaiguri, which is also the divisional headquarters of Ja ...

in the

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Geography

Banarhat is located at . Headquarters of this CD block is at

Banarhat Banarhat is a census town of the Banarhat CD block in Dhupguri subdivision of the Jalpaiguri District in the state of West Bengal, India. Sharing nearest international border with Bhutan. Geography Area overview The map alongsid ...

. The Banarhat (CD block) consists of seven gram panchayats. Gram panchayats of Banarhat block /

panchayat samiti Panchayat samiti or block panchayat is a rural local government ( panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) or block level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has b ...

are: Sakoajhora-I, Salbari-I, Salbari-II, Banarhat-I, Banarhat-II, Chamurchi and Binnaguri Gram Panchayats. The Banarhat CD block is bounded by the

Samtse District Samtse District (Dzongkha: བསམ་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: ''Bsam-rtse rdzong-khag''; older spelling "Samchi") is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It comprises two subdistricts (''dungkhags''): Ta ...

of Bhutan on the north, Madarihat-Birpara and

Falakata Falakata is a city and a municipality near Jaldhaka River in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Falakata is located at It has an average elevation of 88 metre ...

CD blocks in Alipurduar district on the east,

Dhupguri Dhupguri is a town and a municipality of Jalpaiguri district near Jaldhaka River in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Dhupguri subdivision. Geography General Dhupguri has an average elevation of 80 metres (2 ...

and Maynaguri CD blocks on the south,

Nagrakata Nagrakata is a village in the Nagrakata community development block in the Malbazar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. National Highway 17 passes through Nagrakata. It is a station on the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala ...

CD block on the west.

Demographics

Transport

Banarhat is connected by State road to the district city of

Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri (), is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is ...

and other nearby towns of

Gairkata Gairkata is a census town in the Dhupguri subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the native town of prominent Bengali writer Samaresh Majumdar, poet and journalist Bikash Sarkar and CPI leader Samar G ...

Mainaguri Mainaguri is a town and a municipality in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. The town is located on the banks of the Jarda River. It is known as the "Gateway of the Dooars" and is a ...

, etc. It lies on National Highway 31C, which crosses the

Teesta river Teesta River is a long river that rises in the Pauhunri Mountain of eastern Himalayas, flows through the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal and subsequently enters Bangladesh through Rangpur division. In Bangladesh, it merges with Jamu ...

at the

Coronation Bridge The Coronation Bridge, also known as the Sevoke Roadway Bridge, in West Bengal, India, spans across the Teesta River, connecting the districts of Darjeeling district, Darjeeling and Kalimpong district, Kalimpong. The bridge is a part of the Nat ...

Siliguri Siliguri (, ; ), also known as Shiliguri, is a major Tier ii cities in india, tier-II city in West Bengal. It forms the twin cities, Twin Cities with the neighbouring city of Jalpaiguri. The city spans areas of the Darjeeling district, Darjeel ...

, Oodlabari,

Malbazar Malbazar, also known as Mal, is a town and a municipality in Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Malbazar subdivision. It lies about 65 km from Jalpaiguri and 55 km from Siliguri. It li ...

Birpara Birpara is a census town in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an important location in the Dooars region and is surrounded by scenic landscapes and various tea gardens. Birpara lies ...

Hasimara Hasimara is a town in Alipurduar district of West Bengal state, India near the border with Bhutan, in the eastern Sivalik Hills. It is located at 26° 45' N latitude and 89° 21' E longitude at an altitude of 109 metres above sea level and has a ...

Alipurduar Alipurduar (), is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Alipurduar district and Alipurduar railway division of NFR. It is situated in the Western Dooars natural region, on the banks of Kaljani River in the ...

and beyond. Banarhat Railway Station the important railway station: Banarhat (Code
BNQ
Railway Zone: Northeast Frontier) - on the New Jalpaiguri-Alipurduar-Samuktala Road Line.

Education

* Banarhat Kartik Oraon Hindi Government College was established at Banarhat in 2014. Affiliated with the

North Bengal University The University of North Bengal (also North Bengal University, abbreviated as NBU) is a public state university in the North Bengal region of West Bengal, India. Its main campus is located in Raja Rammohanpur, Siliguri, Darjeeling district, in ...

, it is a Hindi-medium institution offering courses in arts and science.

References

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