Bamanhat

Bamanhat
Neighbourhood
Bamanhat Location in West Bengal, India Bamanhat Bamanhat (India)
Coordinates:26.0706°N 89.5862°E/26.0706; 89.5862
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Cooch Behar
Time zone	UTC+5:30(IST)
PIN	736168
Telephone/STDcode	03581
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabhaconstituency	Cooch Behar
Vidhan Sabhaconstituency	Dinhata
Website	coochbehar.gov.in

Bamanhatis aneighbourhoodand agram panchayatin theDinhata IICD blockin theDinhata subdivisionof theCooch Behar district,West Bengal,India.

Geography

8km
5miles

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Kamteswari
temple

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Rajpat

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River

Mara Torsha

Gangadhar River

River

Dudhkumar

Dharla River

Nakkatigachhi

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Chamta

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Bhuchungmari

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Bara Kodali

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Andaranfulbari

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Airani Chitalia

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Gosanimari

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Sahebganj

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Gitaldaha

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Bamanhat

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Natabari

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Bakshirhat

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Dinhata

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Tufanganj

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Bhangri
Pratham
Khanda

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Kamat Phulbari

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Chhota Laukuthi

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Places in the Tufanganj and Dinhata subdivisions (except Sitai CD block) in Cooch Behar district
CT: census town, M: municipal town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Bamanhat is located at26.0706°N 89.5862°E/26.0706; 89.5862.

Bamanhat I and Bamanhat II are gram panchayats in Dinhata II CD block.

Bamanhat is not identified as a separate inhabited settlement in the 2011 census record. As per map of Dinhata II map in theDistrict Census Handbook 2011, Koch Biharit appears to be a part of Kalamati village/ mouza.

Area overview

The map alongside shows the eastern part of the district. In Tufanganj subdivision 6.97% of the population lives in the urban areas and 93.02% lives in the rural areas. In Dinhata subdivision 5.98% of the population lives in the urban areas and 94.02% lives in the urban areas.The entire district forms the flatalluvialflood plains of mighty rivers.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Education

Bamanhat High Schoolis a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1970.

Culture

Bamanhat also has the Madhaikhal fair, held annually in the Bengali month of Chaitra.

Railway links

Bamanhat railway stationis on the broad gaugeAlipurduar-Bamanhat branch line.Local trains link the area to larger stations at Cooch Behar and Alipurduar from where trains are available for places all over the country.

In the early 1900s,Eastern Bengal Railwayextended theMetre gaugerailways toLalmonirhat,Gitaldaha(viaMogalhat),Bamanhat,Golokganjand other places, thereby connecting Assam to Katihar, in Bihar. In 1901Cooch Behar State Railwaybuilt thenarrow gaugeline from Gitaldaha toJayanti,near the Bhutan border. Shortly thereafter, the line was upgraded to metre gauge. During the British era, there was a railway line linking Assam with Bengal that passed throughSonahat.The partition of the country and formation of the erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) led to complete severance of communication with the State of Assam from the rest of India.

Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line
km New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line 0 Alipurduar Junction New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala line 3 Alipurduar Court 5 Alipurduar Kaljani River 15 Baneswar New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New Cooch Behar–Changrabandha line 23 New Cooch Behar Junction New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line 27 Cooch Behar Torsa River 37 Dewan Hat 41 Bhetaguri 48 Dinhata College Halt 50 Dinhata 57 Falimari closed MG section 65 Gitaldaha Junction 67 Gitaldaha Ghat India Bangladesh border ( broken bridge overDharla River ) 68 Mogalhat Lalmonirhat–Parbatipur line 62 New Gitaldaha 67 Abutara Halt 72 Bamanhat closed MG section India Bangladesh border 80 Bhurungamari 84 Pateswari Dudhkumor River 91 Sonahat Bangladesh India border Dudhkumor River closed MG section New Cooch Behar–Golokganj line 97 Golokganj to Fakiragram to Dhubri & Jogighopa km

The 72 km longAlipurduar-Bamanhat branch linewas converted to5 ft 6 in(1,676 mm)broad gaugein 2007.

Healthcare

Bamanhat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Bamanhat, is the major government medical facility in the Dinhata II CD block.