Kharhara
Kharhara is a small town in Banka district in the state of Bihar, India. It is the birthplace of Satish Chandra Jha, one of seven martyrs Shaheed Smarak Patna who hoisted the flag of India at Patna Secretariat during 1942 Quit India Movement.
Geography
Kharahara is located at. It has an average elevation of 79 metres.Demographics
According to Census 2011 information the location code of Kharhara is 241176. Kharhara is located in Barahat Tehsil of Banka district in Bihar, India. It is situated 4 km away from sub-district headquarter Barahat and 8 km away from district headquarter Banka. As per 2009 stats, Kharhara is the gram panchayat of Kharhara.Climate
Literacy
Total 8076 people in the small town are literate, among them 5330 are male and 2745 are female. Literacy rate of Kharhara is 60%. 74% of male and 44% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the town has increased by 10%. Male literacy has gone up by 6% and female literacy rate has gone up by 16%.Digital India is a campaign launched by the Government of India to ensure the Government's services are made available to citizens electronically by improved online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity or making the country digitally empowered in the field of technology.
Colleges
- Bhagalpur College of Engineering
- Bihar Agricultural University
- Indian [Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur]
- Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital
- Mahadeo Singh Law College
- Marwari College, Bhagalpur
- Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University
- T.N.B. College, Bhagalpur
Economy
Notable people
- Satish Chandra Jha, Quit India movement, to hoist the national flag on the Secretariat building
Transport
Barahat railway station, Punsia railway station are the very nearby railway stations to Kharhara. Murahara Railway Station, Banka Junction railway station are the Rail way stations reachable from near by towns. However Bhagalpur Junction railway station is a major railway station 40 km from Kharhara
Deoghar Airport is located at New Deoghar, in the state of Jharkhand, India. However Deoghar Airport is major Airport 75 km from Kharhara