Saraiyahat is a village in the

Saraiyahat Saraiyahat is a community development blocks that forms an administrative division in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of the Dumka district, Jharkhand state. Geography Saraiyahat, the CD block headquarters, is located at . It is located 48 ...

CD block in the

Dumka Sadar subdivision Dumka Sadar subdivision is the only administrative subdivision of the Dumka district in the Santhal Pargana division in the state of Jharkhand, India. Overview Dumka Sadar subdivision is a plateau region. It is divided into four micro subregions. ...

of the

Dumka district Dumka district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Dumka is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district covers an area of 3716.02 km. This district has a population of 1,321,442 (2011 ...

in the

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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 ...

Geography

Location

Saraiyahat is located at .

Overview

The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.

Area

Saraiyahat has an area of .

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Saraiyahat had a total population of 1,459, of which 771 (53%) were males and 688 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 220. The total number of literate persons in Saraiyahat was 1,239 (91.12% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Saraiyahat.

CD block HQ

Headquarters of

CD block is at Saraiyahat village.

Education

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya or KGBV is a residential girls’ secondary school run by the Government of India for the weaker sections in India. History The plan was introduced by the Government of India in August 2004. It was then integr ...

, Saraiyahat, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2005. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. Government High School Saraiyahat is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1986. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII. Model School Saraiyahat is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2011. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. Project Girls High School Saraiyahat is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1985. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class X.

References

{{Santhal Parganas Division Villages in Dumka district