Bamanhat is a

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and a

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in the

Dinhata II Dinhata II is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Dinhata subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Sahebganj, one of the constituent panchayats of the ...

CD block in the

Dinhata subdivision Dinhata subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Cooch Behar district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Dinhata subdivision has 2 ...

of the

Cooch Behar district Cooch Behar district () is a district of Indian state of West Bengal. Formerly part of the Kamarupa kingdom, the area became the heart of the Kamata Kingdom in the 12th century. During the British Raj, the district was known as Cooch Behar st ...

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Geography

Location

Bamanhat is located at . Bamanhat I and Bamanhat II are gram panchayats in Dinhata II CD block. Bamanhat is not identified as a separate inhabited place by 2011 census. As per map of Dinhata II map in the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Koch Bihar'' it appears to be a part of Kalamati village/ mouza.

Area overview

The map alongside shows the eastern part of the district. In Tufanganj subdivision 6.97% of the population lives in the urban areas and 93.02% lives in the rural areas. In Dinhata subdivision 5.98% of the population lives in the urban areas and 94.02% lives in the urban areas. The entire district forms the flat

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flood plains of mighty rivers. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Education

Bamanhat High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1970.

Culture

Bamanhat also has the Madhaikhal fair, held annually in the Bengali month of Chaitra.

Railway links

Bamanhat railway station is on the broad gauge Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line. Local trains link the area to larger stations at Cooch Behar and Alipurduar from where trains are available for places all over the country. In the early 1900s,

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extended the

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railways to

Lalmonirhat Lalmonirhat ( bn, লালমনিরহাট) is a town and district headquarters of Lalmonirhat District in the division of Rangpur, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in Sout ...

, Gitaldaha (via Mogalhat), Bamanhat,

Golokganj Golokganj (also spelt as Golakganj or Galakganj) is a census town in Dhubri district in the Indian state of Assam. Golakganj is one of the historical places of Dhubri district. Geography Golakganj is located at . It has an average elevation of ...

and other places, thereby connecting Assam to Katihar, in Bihar. In 1901

Cooch Behar State Railway Cooch Behar State Railway (CBSR) was a narrow-gauge railway from Jayanti to Lalmonirhat in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Nripendra Narayan, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, established Cooch Behar State Railway in 1893–98. After so ...

built the

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line from Gitaldaha to Jayanti, near the Bhutan border. Shortly thereafter, the line was upgraded to metre gauge. During the British era, there was a railway line linking Assam with Bengal that passed through

Sonahat Sonahat is an inland port in the Bhurungamari Upazila in the Kurigram District of the Rangpur Division in Bangladesh. Railway links During the British era, there was a railway line linking Assam with Bengal that passed through Sonahat. The plac ...

. The partition of the country and formation of the erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) led to complete severance of communication with the State of Assam from the rest of India. The 72 km long Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line was converted to

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in 2007.

Healthcare

Bamanhat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Bamanhat, is the major government medical facility in the Dinhata II CD block.

References

Villages in Cooch Behar district {{CoochBehar-geo-stub