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Jhakar Bigha

Coordinates: 24°30′30″N 84°57′08″E / 24.508241°N 84.952329°E / 24.508241; 84.952329
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Jhakar Bigha
Village
Jhakar Bigha is located in Bihar
Jhakar Bigha
Jhakar Bigha
Location in Bihar, India
Jhakar Bigha is located in India
Jhakar Bigha
Jhakar Bigha
Jhakar Bigha (India)
Coordinates: 24°30′30″N 84°57′08″E / 24.508241°N 84.952329°E / 24.508241; 84.952329
CountryIndia
StateBihar
DistrictRohtas
Languages
 • SpokenHindi, Urdu, Maithili, Magahi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-BR

Jhakar Bigha is a small village in Rohtas district, in the Indian state of Bihar.[1] The village is 124 kilometres (77 mi) south of Patna, the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar, 896 kilometres (557 mi) southeast of New Delhi, the capital of India, and 1,396 kilometres (867 mi) northeast of Mumbai.

Geography and climate

The village of Jhakar Bigha is located in the southwestern part of Bihar, North India, in a flat plain running alongside the Kaimur Range and Rohtas Plateau. The majority of the land is a fertile floodplain of the Son River which is a tributary of the Ganges.

The climate is sub-tropical and typical of the plains of Northern India, with hot dry summers and cool winters with cold nighttime temperatures. The monsoon season, from late June to in late September, plays a fundamental role for the village and the surrounding area because the economy is mainly based on agriculture.

People from Jhakar Bigha

Sri Hridya Nand Singh - Native of this village migrated to Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand to work at Bokaro Steel Plant. He is a metallurgical engineering and have been doing a lot of work for the society.

Sri Surendra Prasad Singh - A successful advcate at Patna High Court, practicing law for more than 30 years.

Dr Archana Roy - Professor of Population Science at International Institute for Population Studies, Mumbai.

Ms Vandana Kumar - Charted Accountant in an International Bank

Dr Shashi Kant - Engineer - Professor of Civil Engineering, teaching at an International University

References

  1. ^ "Jhakar Bigha". veethi.com.