Kharhara is a small town in

Banka district Banka is one of the thirty-eight districts of the state of Bihar in India. The district headquarters of Banka is situated in Banka town. The district was established on 21 February 1991. History Banka is the homeland of the revolutionary Sat ...

in the state of

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. It is the birthplace of Satish Chandra Jha, one of seven martyrs

Shaheed Smarak Patna The Martyrs' Memorial, also known as Shaheed Smarak, is a life-size statue of seven young men who died in the Quit India movement (August 1942), to hoist the national flag on the (now) Secretariat building. The foundation stone of Martyr's Mem ...

who hoisted the flag of India at Patna Secretariat during 1942 Quit India Movement.

Geography

Kharahara is located at . It has an average elevation of 79 metres (259 feet).

Demographics

According to Census 2011 information the location code of Kharhara is 241176. Kharhara is located in Barahat Tehsil of

in Bihar, India. It is situated 4 km away from sub-district headquarter Barahat and 8 km away from district headquarter Banka. As per 2009 stats, Kharhara is the gram panchayat of Kharhara.

Climate

Literacy

Total 8076

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in the small town are literate, among them 5330 are male and 2745 are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Kharhara is 60%. 74% of male and 44% of female population are

literate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

here. Overall literacy rate in the town has increased by 10%. Male literacy has gone up by 6% and female literacy rate has gone up by 16%. Digital India is a campaign launched by the Government of India in order to ensure the Government's services are made available to citizens electronically by improved online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity or making the country digitally empowered in the field of technology.

Colleges

Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur College of Engineering (BCE Bhagalpur) is one of the best State Government Technical Institution and was established in 1960 in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. This institute offers full-time Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree program ...

Bihar Agricultural University Bihar Agricultural University is an autonomous public state university in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. It was established in 1908 as Bengal Provincial Agricultural College by Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser and was later renamed as Bihar Agricultural ...

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur (IIIT Bhagalpur) is one of the IIITs set up by Ministry of Education, Government of India in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. It is located on the southern bank of the Ganga River ...

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Bhagalpur is a government-recognized medical college and hospital in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. The college was established in 1971 by the Government of Bihar and is affiliated to Bihar University ...

* Mahadeo Singh Law College * Marwari College, Bhagalpur *

Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University Tilka Majhi Bhagalpur University, formerly Bhagalpur University, is a public university in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. It was established on 12 July 1960, having local colleges initially associated with Patna University. Its campus is around in ar ...

* T.N.B. College, Bhagalpur

Economy

Agriculture is the main profession of this town. This town going up in the

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, One of the biggest fish farm in this town. Still, this town is for Industrial development Indian oil gas bottling plant, School, Hotel

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Road A road is a thoroughfare used primarily for movement of traffic. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. They also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads. Most modern roads are paved. Th ...

, and

Electricity Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...

from 400/132 KV POWERGRID KHARAHARA SUB-STATION are the main concern of this town. The young generation is more attracted towards mobile,

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and

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these days. If banks and finance institutions provide loan and other financial support to the young people, this town will see the real development. Medical and

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services have to be improved.

Notable people

* Satish Chandra Jha, Quit India movement (August 1942), to hoist the

national flag A national flag is a flag that represents and national symbol, symbolizes a given nation. It is Fly (flag), flown by the government of that nation, but can also be flown by its citizens. A national flag is typically designed with specific meanin ...

on the (now) Secretariat building

Transport

Bhagalpur Bhagalpur, historically known as Champapuri, Champa Nagari, is a city in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the southern bank of the Ganges river. It is the Bihar#Government and administration, third largest city of Bihar by population and ...

Deoghar Deoghar (pronounced ''Devghar'') is a city and a municipal corporation in Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is also the administrative headquarters of Deoghar district. It is a holy place of Hinduism. The city is primarily ...

Road, Banka, Godda are the nearby by towns to Kharhara having road connectivity to Kharhara. Connected with . Barahat railway station, Punsia railway station are the very nearby railway stations to Kharhara. Murahara Railway Station (near to Banka),

Banka Junction railway station Banka junction railway station is the biggest railway station of Banka district, Bihar (station code BAKA) and serves the city of Banka. It falls under the Malda railway division of the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It is connec ...

(near to Banka) are the Rail way stations reachable from near by towns. However

Bhagalpur Junction railway station Bhagalpur, historically known as Champa Nagari, is a city in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the southern bank of the Ganges river. It is the third largest city of Bihar by population and also serves the headquarters of Bhagalpur distr ...

is a major railway station 40 km from Kharhara

Deoghar Airport Deoghar Airport is a domestic airport serving Deoghar in the state of Jharkhand, India. It is situated approximately 12 kilometres (7.4 mi) from the city centre. The airport has been primarily developed to serve the region of North-Easter ...

(ICAO: IN-0090) is located at New Deoghar, in the state of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

. However Deoghar Airport is major Airport 75 km from Kharhara

Airlines and destinations

Tourism

Mandar Parvat Mandar Parvat, also known as Mandar Hill is a small mountain situated in Bounsi, Banka district under Bhagalpur division of state of Bihar. It is about 700 ft high and approximately 45 km south of Bhagalpur city of Bounsi, a place lo ...

also known as Mandar Hill is a small

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situated in city of Bounsi.

Digambar Jain ''Digambara'' (; "sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being ''Śvetāmbara'' (white-clad). The Sanskrit word ''Digambara'' means "sky-clad", referring to their traditional monastic practice of neither possessing n ...

Siddha Kshetra is located at the top of a mountain known as Mandar Parbat, which is about tall and made of a single piece of stone. On top of the hill are a

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and a Jain temple. A carnival is organised every year at Makar Sakranti.

References

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