Poraiyahat

Poraiyahat is a town in the Poraiyahat CD block in the Godda subdivision of the Godda district, in Jharkhand, India.

This article is about the village in Jharkhand, India. For its namesake community development block, see Poraiyahat (community development block). For its namesake state assembly constituency, see Poreyahat (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Poraiyahat

Poreyahat
Town
Poraiyahat
Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 24°40′41″N 87°10′19″E
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictGodda
Elevation
145 m (476 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total6,319
Languages (*For language details see Poraiyahat (community development block)#Language and religion)
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
814153 (Poraiyahat)
Telephone/STD code06422
Lok Sabha constituencyGodda
Vidhan Sabha constituencyPoreyahat
Websitegodda.nic.in

Geography
Cities, towns and locations in the Sahibganj, Godda and Pakur districts in Santhal Pargana Division
M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious/ tourist centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Poraiyahat is a small town which is located in the north - east border of Bihar and Jharkhand in Godda district at 24°40′41″N 87°10′19″E

The town has six zones: first, River zone which included Gyaytrinagar, second, Purana Bazar old Poreyahat, and Shiv colony, third, Main Road where a market, Community Govt big Hospital, daily vegetables & fish market, bus station and a few banks(SBI, BOI, Bandhan, Allahabad, Canara, Gramin Bank) are located, four, the zone is around Bhanjhi Road which is the second market zone with wholesale business, fifth, is Danre Road and it is a coaching and student friendly area.

Poraiyahat has an area of 487 hectares (1,200 acres).[1]

Overview

The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmahal hills running from the bank of the Ganges in the extreme north to the south, beyond the area covered by the map into Dumka district. ‘Farakka’ is marked on the map and that is where Farakka Barrage is, just inside West Bengal. Rajmahal coalfield is shown in the map. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[2]

Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked and you can easily move on to another page of your choice. Enlarge the map to see what else is there – one gets railway links, many more road links and so on.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Poraiyahat had a total population of 6,319, of which 3,296 (52%) were males and 3,023 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 876. The total number of literate persons in Poraiyahat was 4,106 (75.44% of the population over 6 years).[1]

Civic administration

Police station

Poraiyahat police station serves Poraiyahat block.[3][4]

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Poraiyahat CD block is at Poraiyahat village.[5]

Transport

The Deoghar-Godda-Pirpainti NH 133 passes through Poraiyahat. This national highway connects to the Farakka-Arwal NH 33 at Pirpainti. There is a road from Poraiyahat to Danre which takes to Bhagalpur & There is a road for Dumka state sub capital.,[6][7] NHAI is approved for Poraiyahat bypass road .

The 30 km Hansdiha-Godda rail link project of Eastern Railway, is operational now. The line pass through Poraiyahat.[8][9] There is two new train started from Poreyahat Railway station to Bhagalpur Junction and Dumka Station. These train originated from Poreyahat.

Education

There are various good schools in Poreyahat with Hostel Facilities. Most of Godda District Topper comes from Poreyahat or Godda. There is one Govt model College for professional and bachelor's degree courses and another one ITI college for technical studies . There are good no of student study here and all around ten thousand student are enjoying their study here.

1.     St. Francis High School,Poraiyahat

2.     St. Francis Middle School,Poraiyahat

3.     Mount Assisi School Convent(Icse),Poraiyahat

4.     Holy Family Girl School, Poreyahat

5.     Srt Public School,Poreyahat

6.     Project Girls High School, Poreyahat

7.     Govt Model School,Poraiyahat

8.     Veena Bharti School,Poraiyahat

9.     Anand Marg Public School,Poreyahat

10.  Unique Career Public School,Poreyahat

11.  Vande Mataram Public School,Poreyahat

12.  Sarswati Sishu Vidya Mandir,Poreyahat

13.  Govt High School,Poreyahat

14.  Govt Middle School,Poreyahat

15.  Suraj Mandal Inter College, Poreyahat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOJ9sx2OlRc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRWsbv-6Hw4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MS9XtIGs7Y

References
  1. "District Census Handbook, Godda, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. "District Police Profile - Godda". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. "Police". Government of Jharkhand. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  5. "District Census Handbook, Godda, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of Godda on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  7. Google maps
  8. "Delayed railway projets get renewal boost". The Pioneer, 20 February 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  9. "Hansdiha-Godda Railway Line Project". Projects Today. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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