Bamanhat

Bamanhat
Neighbourhood
Bamanhat Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Bamanhat Bamanhat (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°04′14″N89°35′10″E / 26.0706°N 89.5862°E / 26.0706; 89.5862 Coordinates: 26°04′14″N89°35′10″E / 26.0706°N 89.5862°E / 26.0706; 89.5862
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Cooch Behar
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	736168
Telephone/STD code	03581
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Cooch Behar
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Dinhata
Website	coochbehar.gov.in

Bamanhat is a neighbourhood and a gram panchayat in the Dinhata II CD block in the Dinhata subdivision of the Cooch Behar district, West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Places in the Tufanganj and Dinhata subdivisions (except Sitai CD block) in Cooch Behar district
CT: census town, M: municipal town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Bamanhat is located at 26°04′14″N89°35′10″E / 26.0706°N 89.5862°E / 26.0706; 89.5862 .

Bamanhat I and Bamanhat II are gram panchayats in Dinhata II CD block. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

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. ^[3] The entire district forms the flat alluvial flood plains of mighty rivers. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

In the early 1900s, Eastern Bengal Railway extended the Metre gauge railways to Lalmonirhat, Gitaldaha (via Mogalhat), Bamanhat, Golokganj and other places, thereby connecting Assam to Katihar, in Bihar. In 1901 Cooch Behar State Railway built the narrow gauge 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. ^{[7] [8] [9]} 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. ^[10]

v t e Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line
Legend
km New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line 0 Alipurduar Junction New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala line 3 Alipurduar Court 5 Alipurduar Kaljani River 15 Baneswar New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New Cooch Behar–Changrabandha line 23 New Cooch Behar Junction New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line 27 Cooch Behar Torsa River 37 Dewan Hat 41 Bhetaguri 48 Dinhata College Halt 50 Dinhata 57 Falimari closed MG section 65 Gitaldaha Junction 67 Gitaldaha Ghat India Bangladesh border ( broken bridge over Dharla River ) 68 Mogalhat Lalmonirhat–Parbatipur line 62 New Gitaldaha 67 Abutara Halt 72 Bamanhat closed MG section India Bangladesh border 80 Bhurungamari 84 Pateswari Dudhkumor River 91 Sonahat Bangladesh India border Dudhkumor River closed MG section New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line 97 Golokganj to Fakiragram to Dhubri & Jogighopa km

The 72 km long Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2007. ^[11]

Healthcare

Bamanhat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Bamanhat, is the major government medical facility in the Dinhata II CD block. ^[12]

References

1. "Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal". Cooch Behar. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
2. "District Census Handbook, Koch Bihar, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, page 457: Map of Dinhata II CD block. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
3. "District Statistical Handbook 2013 Cooch Behar". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
4. "District Census Handbook, Koch Bihar, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, pages 17-21 Physical feafures. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
5. "Bamanhat High School Dinhata II". Schoolsworld. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
6. "55765 =>55465 Alipurduar – Bamunhat Passenger". Time Table. Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
7. "Govt to build highway to boost trade thu Sonahat land port". The Daily Sun, 30 December 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
8. R.P. Saxena. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
9. "Royal History". page 5. Cooch Behar district authorities. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
10. "The North-east Frontier Railway". Railway Recruitment. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
11. Srivastava, V.P. "Role of Engineering Deptt in Meeting Corporate Objectives of Indian Railways" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
12. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 29 July 2020.