Barhat is a village in
Palasi
Palasi is a block and a notified area in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar.
This block is 28 km away from Araria (the district headquarters) and lies north-east direction. Most of the people are poor and educationally weak. The ...
,
Araria district
Araria district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. Araria district is a part of Purnia division. The district occupies an area of . Araria town is the administrative headquarters of this district. The Nepali border is abo ...
of
Bihar
Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...
in India.
The location of the village is south of Palasi and south-east of Araria. The majority of its residents are of the
Kulhaiya ethnicity and speak
Kulhaiya boli. Though the villagers were to be illiterate, but these days they are pursuing higher studies.
Some of the population are ironsmiths who work daily for their livelihood, and are paid in grain. The majority of the population of the village is engaged in small scale cultivation, and a big group in daily basis works.
The commercial crops cultivated mean that the village's economical status is poor. Eidgah in the block Palasi lies in the village Barhat and Maulana Salim Zafar Qasmi is the chief speaker of the Eid Gah. The village is popular because of a big Jama Masjid, Barhat at Barhat Chowk.
References
Villages in Araria district
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