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 Sati ...

in the state of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. 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 The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in ...

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

people A person (plural, : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of pr ...

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 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%. Mr. Hussain started free online/offline internet marketing training classes for youth. for develop his career in this digital marketing industry, because in this time everything going to be digital. PM Modi hails

Digital India Digital India is a campaign launched by the Government of India in order to ensure that the Government's services are made available to citizens electronically by improved online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity or making ...

, says it helped save Rs 2.25 lakh crore from falling in wrong hands. 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 a State Government Technical Institution established in 1960 in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. This institute offers full-time Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree programs. It is administered ...

Bihar Agricultural University Bihar Agricultural University is an autonomous institute under Bihar state government established on 5 August, 2010 under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and is situated at Sabour, Bhagalpur district of Bihar. It is located at pre ...

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur (abbreviated IIIT Bhagalpur) is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT), a group of institutes of Higher education in India focused on Information Technology. It was est ...

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. It has an approx area of 209 acres with total constructed area of 1,00,000 (in sq mtr.) approx. It ...

Mahadeo Singh Law College Mahadeo Singh Law College is a private Law school situated at Sarai in Bhagalpur in the Indian state of Bihar. It offers undergraduate 3 years LL.B. course which is approved by Bar Council of India (BCI), New Delhi New Delhi (, , '' ...

Marwari College, Bhagalpur Marwari College, Bhagalpur, established in 1941, is a general degree college in Bhagalpur, Bihar. It is a constituent college of Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University. It offers Intermediate courses in Commerce, Arts and Science, undergraduate c ...

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 a ...

* T.N.B. College, Bhagalpur

Economy

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

Fishery Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...

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

Drinking water Drinking water is water that is used in drink or food preparation; potable water is water that is safe to be used as drinking water. The amount of drinking water required to maintain good health varies, and depends on physical activity level, a ...

Road A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...

, and

Electricity Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...

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

computer A computer is a machine that can be programmed to Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as C ...

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

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

health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

services have to be improved.

Notable people

* Satish Chandra Jha,

Quit India movement The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in ...

(August 1942), to hoist the

national flag A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a given nation. It is flown by the government of that nation, but usually can also be flown by its citizens. A national flag is typically designed with specific meanings for its colours ...

on the (now) Secretariat building

Transport

Bhagalpur Bhagalpur is a city in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the southern banks of the river Ganges. It is the 2nd largest city of Bihar by population and also the headquarters of Bhagalpur district and Bhagalpur division. Known as the Silk ...

Deoghar Deoghar (pronounced ''Devaghar'') is a major city in Jharkhand, India. It is a holy sacred place of Hinduism. It is one of the 12 ''Jyotirlinga''s sites of Hinduism (Baidyanath Temple). The sacred temples of the city make this a place for pil ...

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 conne ...

(near to Banka) are the Rail way stations reachable from near by towns. However Bhagalpur Junction railway station 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 state in 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 and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

. However Deoghar Airport is major Airport 75 km from Kharhara

Airlines and destinations

Tourism

Mandar Parvat also known as Mandar Hill is a small

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situated in city of Bounsi. Digambar Jain 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

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

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

Makar Sakranti Makar(a) Sankranti (), also referred to as Uttarayana, Maghi, or simply Sankranti, is a Hindu observance and a festival. Usually falling on the date of January 14 annually, this occasion marks the transition of the Sun from the zodiac of Sag ...

References

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