Town in Bihar, India
Barh, a town and oldest subdivision of Asia[citation needed] 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 bandh road, and flood is called as barh in hindi so it gets name of BARH later 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 held here 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 them self as pioneer in law making as per british value.Famous Umanath temple is more than eight hundred year old and dargah-e-sulemaan chisti was buid and worshiped by great indian king Sher Shah Suri. Aurangzeb daughter mosque is also here and in need to be preserved, situated on the bank of river Ganga. Old Umanath temple and other contemporary temples are about to find their final episodes , needs to be preserved too
Demographics
As of 2011[update] India census,[1] 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, SBR College, SNA College, SSD College, Training College
5. Schools: JHS School, ANS School, Girls School, LNR High School Dheebar , HS Berhna, St Xavier, Notredame Academy,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
Blocks
1. Barh Sadar
2. Bakhtiyarpur
3. Mokama
4. Punarakh
5. Athmalgola
6. Belchhi
7. Daniyawan
8. Fatuha
9. Ghoswari
10. Khusrupur
NTPC Barh
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 within a couple of days.[2] 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 it's population is dependent on agriculture. But the output from agriculture is very low as this area has been affected by flood and drought.
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