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Barhi is a census town and headquarters of a subdivision in the Barhi CD block in the Barhi subdivision of the
Hazaribagh district Hazaribagh district is one of the oldest districts of Jharkhand state, India and the district headquarter located in Hazaribagh town. It is located in the north east part of North Chotanagpur Division. The boundary of this district consists of dis ...
in the state of Jharkhand,
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. It stands at the crossing of NH 19 (old number NH 2)/ Grand Trunk Road and NH 20.The Sub-Divisional Officer of Barhi is Hon'ble Shri. Johan Tudu.

All major buses on the Ranchi-Patna, Ranchi-Gaya,Barhi-Ranchi, Dhanbad-Patna and Dhanbad-Gaya routes pass through Barhi. Both Tilaiya Dam of DVC and Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary are near Barhi.


History

Barhi was once a subdivisional town (up to 1872). There is a small cemetery on Grand Trunk Road, with a grave of Col Knyvett, Commander of Grand Trunk Road. He died in 1857.


Geography


Location

Barhi is located at . It has an average elevation of 374 metres (1227  feet). The Barakar River lies from Barhi. Hazaribag National Park is away from Barhi. Tilaiya Dam is away.


Area overview

Hazaribagh district is a
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area and forests occupy around about 45% of the total area. It is a predominantly rural area with 92.34% of the population living in rural areas against 7.66% in the urban areas. There are many census towns in the district, as can be seen in the map alongside. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people but with the extension of coal mines, particularly in the southern part of the district, employment in coal mines is increasing. However, it has to be borne in mind that modern mining operations are highly mechanised. Four operational areas of Central Coalfields are marked on the map. All these areas are spread across partly this district and partly the neighbouring districts. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. Urbanisation data calculated on the basis of census data for CD blocks and may vary a little against unpublished official data.


Civic administration


Police station

Barhi police station serves the Barhi CD block.


CD block HQ

The headquarters of Barhi CD block are located at Barhi.


Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Barhi had a total population of 11,867, of which 6,107 (51%) were males and 5,560 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,755. The total number of literate persons in Barhi was 8,140 (80.50% of the population over 6 years). India
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, Barhi had a population of 9,933. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Barhi has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 62% of the males and 38% of females literate. 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.


Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Hazaribagh'', Barhi covered an area of 3.67 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 8 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pumps, uncovered wells. It had 5000 domestic electric connections, 200 road light points. Among the educational facilities it had 12 primary schools, 4 middle schools, 5 secondary school, 2 senior secondary school. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 cinema theatre, 1 auditorium/ community hall. Two important communities it manufactured were furniture and shoes. It had the branch offices of 6 nationalised banks, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society.


Education


College

Ram Narayan Yadav Memorial College, a degree college, established at Barhi in 1985, is affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University. It offers courses in arts and commerce.


Schools

* Model school barhi *Aryabhatt Public School *Royal Orchid International School *Indian public school *Delhi Public School *DAV public school *Bhamashah Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir *Boy's middle school *Ilex public school *S.D.G.M. Academy, konra *ST'S Vinovabhave Public *Little Champ Play School *+2 High School *Girl's Middle School *Little Moon Play School *Nexgan Kids Play School


Transportation

*Railway The 79.7 km long first stage railway project from Koderma to Hazaribagh costing 936 crores was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 20 February 2015. The railway line passes through the Barhi CD block and there is a station at Barhi. *Roadways - Barhi is connected with New Delhi and Kolkata by NH-19 highway and major cities like Ranchi and Patna. - An international road, Asian Highway 42 (AH42) starts from Barhi to Lanzhou,
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. It is the nearest Asian Highway to
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. *Barhi bus station(closed) A bus station is at barhi but closed after 2011 due to maintenance after focusing of government on it again the work started but due to some reason again station has been closed


References

{{Hazaribagh District Cities and towns in Hazaribagh district