Jhajha Explained

Jhajha
Nickname:Railnagri
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:India Bihar
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates:24.767°N 86.376°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Bihar
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:Division
Subdivision Name3:Munger
Subdivision Type4:District
Subdivision Name4:Jamui
Governing Body:Jhajha Nagar Parishad
Leader Name1:Mohan Paswan
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Urban Km2:64
Area Rank:23
Area Total Km2:86
Elevation M:122
Population Total:40646
Population As Of:2011
Population Rank:32
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:811308
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:06349
Registration Plate:BR46
Blank1 Name Sec1:Sex ratio
Blank1 Info Sec1:899/1000(2011) /
Blank2 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Jamui
Blank3 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank3 Info Sec1:Jhajha
Website:http://www.nagarparishadjhajha.in

Jhajha is a city and a notified area in Jamui district in the Indian state of Bihar. It lies in the southern part of Bihar and very close to the Jharkhand border. It falls on the Howrah - Mughalsarai mainline about halfway between Madhupur Junction and Kiul Junction.

Demographics

2011 Indian census,[1] Jhajha city has 7,223 houses with a population of 40,646 of which 21,406 are males while 19,240 are females as of 2011. The population of children with ages 0–6 is 5736 which is 14.11% of the total population of Jhajha town. In Jhajha, the female sex ratio is of 899 against state average of 918. Moreover, the child sex ratio is around 954 compared to the Bihar the state average 935. The literacy rate of Jhajha City is 79.13% higher than the state average of 61.80%. In Jhajha, male literacy is around 87.37% while the female literacy rate is 69.87%. Schedule Caste constitutes 13.65% while Schedule Tribe was 0.98% of the total population in Jhajha city. Out of the total population, 13,785 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 9,971 were males while 3,814 were females. In the census survey, a worker is defined as a person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 13785 working population, 76.71% were engaged in Main Work while 23.29% of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.

Education

Major Schools And Colleges serving the city are:-

There are only two affiliated cbse school in jhajha.

• St. Joseph's School • Sardonyx School • MGS High School • DSM College • Jhajha Public School (JPS)

. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jhajha https://jhajha.kvs.ac.in/

Transport

See main article: Jhajha Station. Jhajha has a large connection of railway to major cities of India. Jhajha railway station is endowed with beautiful sceneries due to the green mountains nearby. Jhajha station is the southern end of eastern central railway of Indian railway situated on Delhi-Howrah main line. It also has good connection by roadways to nearby cities through SH-18. It has two bus stands from where buses and auto are available for nearby places like Gidhaur, Khuriparas, Sono, Borba, Belhar etc. Small vehicles are available for travelling to nearby villages. Several trains like Rajdhani and Duronto Express halt here.

Flora and fauna

Nagi Dam and Nakti Dam Bird Sanctuary[2] Site description: The Nagi Dam (791 ha) and Nakti Dam (332 ha) are two sanctuaries so close to each other that they can be taken as one bird area. Nagi is 7 km from Jhajha in the Jamui District, and Nakti is a further 4 km from Nagi, occupying similar habitat. These notified sanctuaries are surrounded by rocky hillocks, formed by the damming of streams. Both these waterbodies are quite deep, with a clear water surface. These dams were built to supply water to local farms. There are cultivable lands adjacent to both the waterbodies.

Biodiversity

Birds: About 1,600 bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) have been recorded from this site. According to Wetlands International (2002), 1% threshold of this species is 560; accordingly about 3% of the population is found at this IBA site. This site could also attract more than 20,000 birds, if fishing and other disturbances are curtailed during winter when most of the migrants are found in India. Beyond the cultivated areas, these waterbodies are surrounded by barren, rocky terrain. Consequently, dryland birds are also seen, such as the Indian courser Cursorius coromandelicus, chestnut-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus), yellow-wattled lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) and Indian robin (Saxicoloides fulicata). The site falls in Biome-12, i.e. Indo-Gangetic plains, but species of Biome-11 are also sighted.

Nearest airports

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of India: Search Details . 12 June 2015 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104845/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=273336 . dead .
  2. Web site: Nakti. Nagi. Bird Sanctuary. BirdLife International. 14 June 2015.