Barachatti is a

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) in the

Gaya district } Gaya district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. It was officially established on 3 October 1865. The district has a common boundary with the state of Jharkhand to the south. Gaya city is both the district head ...

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. Barachatti contains 141 villages and 13

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. 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%). Jyoti Manjhi is current MLA of Barachatti.Sobh bazaar is the one largest bazar of sabji mandi in bihar.

Location

Barachatti is above sea level. It is situated 45 km south of district headquarters Gaya and 150 km from the state capital

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in the north. It is bounded by Chouparan Block towards the east,

Itkhori Itkhori is a village and gram panchayat in the Itkhori CD block in the Chatra subdivision of the Chatra district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Itkhori is located at . It is 35 km from ...

Block towards the south, Fatehpur Block towards the north, Mohanpur Block towards the north. Bodh Gaya City, Gaya City,

Sherghati Sherghati is a town in the Gaya district in Bihar (formally Magadha ), India. The Morhar River surrounds it. A meteorite that came from Mars fell here on 25 August 1865; it is now kept in a London museum and is known as the Shergotty meteorit ...

City, Jhumri Tilaiya City are the closest cities.

Transportation

The National Highway 2

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from

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passes through Barachatti. The nearest railway station is

Gaya Junction Gaya Junction railway station is a junction station serving the city of Gaya, the headquarters of Gaya district and Magadh Division in the Indian state of Bihar. Gaya is in the Mughalsarai railway division of the East Central Railway zone. ...

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

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markets in Gaya situated at Barachatti. The Mangal bazaar 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 74,789 illiterates in Barachatti block.

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Gaya district