Barachati

Barachatti
—  tehsil  —
Barachatti Location of Barachatti in Bihar and India
Coordinates	24°31′0″N 85°1′0″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District(s)	Gaya
Nearest city	Gaya, Kolkatta
Parliamentary constituency	Gaya(before Bihar Jharkhand partition Chatra)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation • Coastline	• 159 metres (522 ft) • 0 kilometres (0 mi)
Climate Temperature • Summer • Winter	•      30 – -48 °C (86–-54 °F) •      20 – -3 °C (68–27 °F)

Bhadeya village front view

Barachati is a block (Tahsil, Parkhand) in Gaya district of Bihar, India. It is near about 40 km (25 mi) from Gaya situated on Sher Shah Suri Marg (GT Road) between Kolkatta and Delhi. It is surrounded by the Kamaun range. The current MLA of the area is Shanti Devi. The main market is Barachatti, Sobh, Sarwan and Bhadeya. Sarwan Bazar (Mangal Bazar) is among the largest cattle and rural market in Bihar.

Geography

It is located at 24°31′0″N 85°1′0″E at an elevation of 159 m (522 ft) above sea level.

Location

National Highway 2 passes through Barachati.

Transportation

Roadways

The Grand Trunk Road (NH-2, which has undergone a revival under The Golden Quadrilateral project) crosses from barachatti. Nearest Railway Station Gaya is well connected to Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Rourkela, Hazaribag, Kolkata, Varanasi, Allahabad, Kanpur, Delhi, Amritsar, and to the Pakistani cities of Lahore and Peshawar.Nearest AirportGaya Airport is the only international airport in Bihar and Jharkhand taken together. It is an international airport connected to Colombo, Sri Lanka through two airline operators; Bangkok, Thailand; Singapore, and Paro, Bhutan. It is said to be being developed as a stand-by to the Calcutta airport. Gaya Airport is served by Indian Airlines for domestic flights and Sri Lankan Airlines, Mihin Lanka, Drukair and Indian Airlines for international flights. Thai Airways flies non stop between Bangkok and Gaya. The distance of gaya airport to National Heritage sites "Bodh-Gaya" about 5 Kilometers.

Cuisine

The staple food of the area is also common to the rest of Bihar and Jharkhand. The other special preparations found in the area are typically traditional Bihari. The most popular of them include sattu, litti, pittha, pua, marua-ka-roti, bari-dal, sattu-ka-roti, baigan-bharta, sukhaota, etc.

The Muslims of the area are fond of handa (meat cooked in mud vessels by burying them partially into the ground and not using any matel to cook), palau, kawab, etc.

Sweets

A sweet of the area is Dangra ka Tilkut which is very famouus in Bihar and Jharkhand and doman Sao ka Kalajamun and Khaja also.

Education

Primary educational institutions

• State Subsidised High School Barrachatti, Gaya, Bihar
• Project Kanya High School, Barachatti, Gaya, Bihar
• Middle School Barachatti, Gaya, Bihar
• Sir Syed Memorial School (Karma, Bhadeya)

Sir Syed Memorial School

• Sullebatta high school
• Urdu middle school, Bhadeya.
• Middle school Lahathua
• High school Bumuar
• Duhobar primary school

Universities and colleges

• Sobh College, Mayapur
• Sir Syed Inter College

This area is prominent in education. There are several famous schools in area among them most popular is Sir Syed Memorial School having more than 700 daily students and 100 hostelers. The famous school for kid is B.N.S Public School, They provide transport, good education environment experienced tacher

Notable Individuals

• Babu Mushtaq Ali Khan (Zamindar of Bhadeya state, which covers about 45 villages, was also minister in the Bihar Govt.)
• Bhagwati Devi - 4 times M.L.A from Barachatti Constituency and was M.P of GAYA also.
• Advocate Aziz Khan (L.L.B 1920) was first literate person of barachatti constituency (barachatti, dhobhi, mohanpur) The village of Azizabad (part of karma village) in Bibipesra Panchayt is named after him.
• ER Kamaluddin Khan (former Zila Parshad 45, Gaya) is an educationalist and politician. He was involved in the student revolution during his student life in AMU, Aligarh. He has been active in local politics from mid 1980s. He is also the director of Sir Syed Memorial School , Secretary of Sir Syed Inter College and Secretary of Minority Upliftment Society.
• Ozair Ahmed Khan, (former zila parshad from Gurua). a prominent leader and social worker of the Bhadeya. he has devoted his life for the betterment of the society.
• Ram Ashish Singh(1938–2008) Ranger Officer(1960–1986) Village-Duhobar, po-gopalkeda.
• Md Aftab Uddin khan a noted advocate of bhadaya and the descendent of late Mushtaq Ali Khan who was active in strengthening the condition of people and fought for the cause of locals through his unbiased and trustworthy legal procedures
• Jalal uddin khan has devoted his life to provide better education to children of Barachatti through Sir Syed Memorial School. when he was student he got scholarship from class 9 to M.A.Currently he is Ward Member from Bibipesra Panchayat.He is on a mission to increase the level of education in the society.