Barh

Barh बाढ़
Town
Country	India
State	Bihar
Division	Patna
District	Barh
Elevation	47 m (154 ft)
Population
• Total	105,206
Languages
• Official	Magahi, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	803212,803213,803214
Telephone code	06132
Website	patna.nic.in

Barh, a town and oldest subdivision of India situated in District of Patna Bihar. It is located along the Ganges River, 34 miles (55 km) south-east of Patna.

As for the history of Barh there is nothing like any specific source is available but, mock sources says it was the largest lentil and pulse supplier during Britishers period. it was 12th no halt for ships and ferry from Calcutta now Kolkata, who came for the export of grains and lentils. And 12th is called as barah in Hindi so it gets the name Barh afterward. Another source mentioned the city as low land area and was easily flooded by river Ganga before the construction of Bandh Road, and flood is called as barh in Hindi so it gets name of  Barh from the latter word. Some more and authentic sources say first Bar sitting in India was held here in which famous lawyer from India and Britain had participated in 1834. Earlier to this event name of the city was Umanath Nagar by the famous Umanath Temple here, but after this event was held here the city was named as Bar first as mentioned in various maps of India from 1834 to 1896 and Barh afterward as modified. Famous Barh court area is more than 150 year old as per authentic sources. So people from Barh can call themselves pioneers in law-making as per British value. Famous Umanath Temple is more than 800-year-old and dargah-e-sulemaan chisti was built and worshiped by great Indian king Sher Shah Suri. Aurangzeb daughter mosque is also here and needs to be preserved, situated on the bank of river Ganga. Old Umanath Temple and other contemporary temples are about to find their final episodes and are also in need of preservation.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Barh had a population of 61,107. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Barh has an average literacy rate of 85%, it is above than Indian literacy rate 66.7%; with 50% of the males and 35% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Important places

1. NTPC BARH 3300 M
2. Three Big Cinema Halls (Savita, Savera, Neelam)
3. Umanath Ghat(ganga river flows in north way), Alakhnath, Karbala (Aurangzeb sister's Mazar)
4. Colleges:ANS College, St.joseph's inter college, SBR College, SNA College, SSD College, Training College
5. Schools: JHS School, ANS High School(Beli high school), S.S Girls School,st.joseph's High/middle school ,LNR High School Dheebar , HS Berhna, St Xavier, Notredame Academy,Success High school, Krishna Sudarshan Public School,Progressive School, The Doon Academy, Gyansthali, Suraj Memorial English School, Sraswati Vidya Mandir,etc
6. Barh Hospital
7. Barh Jail
8. Banks and ATMs - SBI, PNB, Allahabad Bank, Dena Bank, ICICI, HDFC, Axis Bank, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank,Bank of Baroda
9. Barh railway station
10. Book Stores:Pustak Mandir, The Book Emporium (Near Savera Cinema).
11. Barh Court
12. Barh Bazar, Station Bazar, Kutchery Bazar, NH Bazar
13. Agriculture Science Centre
14. Barh Municipality
15. Sati sthan [shamshan ghat(Cremation Ground)]
16. Highways: NH 31, NH30A
17. Prostitution area at Barh Bazar
18. Masud bhiga durga temple near Nilam cinema
19. Post Offices: Main Post office, Station Road PO, ANS College PO, Barh Court PO

Blocks

1. Barh Sadar
2. Bakhtiyarpur
3. Mokama
4. Punarakh
5. Athmalgola
6. Belchhi
7. Daniyawan
8. Fatuha
9. Ghoswari
10. Khusrupur

NTPC Barh

Main article: Barh Super Thermal Power Station

NTPC is India's largest power-generating company with its current output being 32,500 MW.The then PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had laid the foundation stone of the main plant of stage-1 of NTPC Barh on March 6, 1999. Former Union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde had inaugurated the main plant house of stage-2 of NTPC Barh on May 29, 2006.Around 3,300MW of coal-generated power is being added at Barh near Patna in Bihar, India. The three-unit 1,980MW Barh I are being built by Russian firm Technopromoexport (TPE), and the other two-unit 1,320MW Barh II extension are being built by BHEL. Barh has been named a mega power project, and is owned by Indian energy company NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation).NTPC Barh is set to start power generation from unit-1 of stage 2 in October 2013. However, commercial generation from this 660MW unit is expected by December 2013.On October 12,2013,660MW unit of NTPC Barh was synchronized with grid.

Fatehpur

Fatehpur is a very famous village in Belchhi Block. This village is situated on the northern bank of river Mahane. This is the only village in the entire district where Durga Puja is celebrated on the occasion of Ram Navami. Around 80% of its population is dependent on agriculture. But the output from agriculture is very low as this area has been affected by flood and drought.

mohammadpur

mohammadpur village is situated on the bank of river ganga. about three hundred year ago a battle between moughal and rajput were held in this village. rajput were come from rajasthan chittorgarh. they win the battle and stay here. and change the name of village as mahmadpur. bankehayani dargah is situated in this village with land of thirty acre.this is a important place for muslims.

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