Sarath, Deoghar (village)

This article is about the village in Jharkhand, India. For its namesake community development block, see Sarath, Deoghar.

For other uses, see Sarath.

Sarath
Village
Sarath Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Sarath Sarath (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°14′12″N86°50′16″E / 24.23667°N 86.83778°E / 24.23667; 86.83778
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,692
Languages .*For language details see Sarath, Deoghar#Language and religion
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	814149
Telephone/ STD code	06438
Lok Sabha constituency	Dumka
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Sarath
Website	deoghar.nic.in

Sarath is a village in Sarath CD block in the Madhupur subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division
M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Sarath is located at 24°14′12″N86°50′16″E / 24.23667°N 86.83778°E / 24.23667; 86.83778 .

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 area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. ^[1]

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

Sarath has an area of 408 hectares (1,010 acres). ^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Sarath had a population of 5,692, of which 2,981 (52%) were males and 2,711 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,010. The total number of literate persons in Sarath was 4,682 (71.61% of the population over 6 years). ^[2]

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Sarath. ^[3]

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Sarath CD block is at Sarath village. ^[4]

Education

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Sarath, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2006. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. ^[5]

High School Gopibandh is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1980. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class X. ^[6]

References

1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
3. "District Police Profile - Deoghar". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
4. "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Deoghar on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
5. "KGBV Sarath". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
6. "HS Gopibandh". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.