Jhajha

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City in Bihar, India

Jhajha

City

Nickname:

Railnagri

Jhajha

Location in Bihar, India

Coordinates: 24°46′01″N 86°22′34″E﻿ / ﻿24.767°N 86.376°E﻿ / 24.767; 86.376
Country| India
State| Bihar
Division| Munger
District| Jamui
Government

• Body| Jhajha Nagar Parishad
Area

• City| 86 km2 (33 sq mi)
• Urban

| 64 km2 (25 sq mi)
• Rank| 23
Elevation

| 122 m (400 ft)
Population

(2011)

• City| 40,646
• Rank| 32
• Density| 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Languages

• Official| Hindi
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

811308

Telephone code| 06349
Vehicle registration| BR46
Sex ratio| 899/1000(2011) ♀/♂
Lok Sabha constituency| Jamui
Vidhan Sabha constituency| Jhajha
Website| http://www.nagarparishadjhajha.in

Jhajha is a city and a notified area in Jamui district in the Indian state of Bihar. It lies in the southern part of Bihar and very close to the Jharkhand border. It falls on the Howrah - Mughalsarai mainline about halfway between Madhupur Junction and Kiul Junction.

## Demographics

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As of the[update] 2011 Indian census,[1] Jhajha city has 7,223 houses with a population of 40,646 of which 21,406 are males while 19,240 are females as of 2011. The population of children with ages 0–6 is 5736 which is 14.11% of the total population of Jhajha town. In Jhajha, the female sex ratio is of 899 against state average of 918.[clarification needed] Moreover, the child sex ratio is around 954 compared to the Bihar the state average 935. The literacy rate of Jhajha City is 79.13% higher than the state average of 61.80%. In Jhajha, male literacy is around 87.37% while the female literacy rate is 69.87%. Schedule Caste constitutes 13.65% while Schedule Tribe was 0.98% of the total population in Jhajha city. Out of the total population, 13,785 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 9,971 were males while 3,814 were females. In the census survey, a worker is defined as a person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 13785 working population, 76.71% were engaged in Main Work while 23.29% of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.

## Education

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Major Schools And Colleges serving the city are:-

There are only two affiliated cbse school in jhajha.

• St. Joseph's School

• Sardonyx School

• MGS High School

• DSM College

• Jhajha Public School (JPS)

. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jhajha https://jhajha.kvs.ac.in/

## Transport

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Main article: Jhajha Station

Jhajha has a large connection of railway to major cities of India. Jhajha railway station is endowed with beautiful sceneries due to the green mountains nearby. Jhajha station is the southern end of eastern central railway of Indian railway situated on Delhi-Howrah main line. It also has good connection by roadways to nearby cities through SH-18. It has two bus stands from where buses and auto are available for nearby places like Gidhaur, Khuriparas, Sono, Borba, Belhar etc. Small vehicles are available for travelling to nearby villages. Several trains like Rajdhani and Duronto Express halt here.

## Flora and fauna

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Nagi Dam and Nakti Dam Bird Sanctuary[2] Site description: The Nagi Dam (791 ha) and Nakti Dam (332 ha) are two sanctuaries so close to each other that they can be taken as one bird area. Nagi is 7 km from Jhajha in the Jamui District, and Nakti is a further 4 km from Nagi, occupying similar habitat. These notified sanctuaries are surrounded by rocky hillocks, formed by the damming of streams. Both these waterbodies are quite deep, with a clear water surface. These dams were built to supply water to local farms. There are cultivable lands adjacent to both the waterbodies.

### Biodiversity

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Birds: About 1,600 bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) have been recorded from this site. According to Wetlands International (2002), 1% threshold of this species is 560; accordingly about 3% of the population is found at this IBA site. This site could also attract more than 20,000 birds, if fishing and other disturbances are curtailed during winter when most of the migrants are found in India. Beyond the cultivated areas, these waterbodies are surrounded by barren, rocky terrain. Consequently, dryland birds are also seen, such as the Indian courser Cursorius coromandelicus, chestnut-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus), yellow-wattled lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) and Indian robin (Saxicoloides fulicata). The site falls in Biome-12, i.e. Indo-Gangetic plains, but species of Biome-11 are also sighted.

## Nearest airports

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* Deoghar International Airport, Deoghar (57 km).
* Gaya Airport, Gaya (174 km)
* Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna (199 km)
* Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, Andal, Durgapur (235 km)
* Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi (367 km)
* Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata (386 km)

## Adjacent boundaries are

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Places adjacent to Jhajha

| Jamu Khaireya | Bikaner | Jhajha railway station

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Ulai River |

Jhajha

| Tola Tetaria Kalan
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Hathiya | Ulai River | Rajala

## References

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1. ^ "Census of India: Search Details". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
2. ^ Nakti, Nagi. "Bird Sanctuary". BirdLife International. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

## External links

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* http://allaboutbihar.com/town.jsp?town=43702000

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Populated places in Jamui district

Towns and tehsils|

* Gidhaur
* Jamui
* Jhajha
* Sono

Populated places|

* Lohra
* Mahadeo Simaria
* Mehsoda
* Pathakchak
* Sankurha

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Cities and towns in Munger division

Begusarai district|

* Barauni
* Barauni IOC Township
* Begusarai

Jamui district|

* Jamui
* Jhajha

Khagaria district|

* Gogri Jamalpur
* Khagaria

Munger district|

* Asarganj
* Jamalpur
* Kharagpur
* Munger

Lakhisarai district|

* Barahiya
* Kiul
* Lakhisarai

Sheikhpura district|

* Barbigha
* Sheikhpura

See also|

* Munger division topics
* Villages in Munger division

Cities and towns
in other divisions|

* Bhagalpur
* Darbhanga
* Kosi
* Magadh
* Patna
* Purnia
* Saran
* Tirhut

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