| Manihari | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| District(s) | Katihar |
| Parliamentary constituency | Katihar |
| Assembly constituency | Manihari |
| Population | 21,783 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 31 metres (102 ft) |
| Website | katihar.bih.nic.in/ |
Manihari is a town and a notified area in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.
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Manihari is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 31 metres (101 feet). This place is well known for the Manihari ghat, which connects it to Sahibganj, which is also situated on the bank of the river Gangaes.
As of 2001[update] India census[2], Manihari had a population of 21,783. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Manihari has an average literacy rate of 44%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 52%, and female literacy is 35%. In Manihari, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The town is located on the banks of the river Ganges where it meets the river Koshi, thus making the town prone to flooding every year. Manihari is a small border town between the stateBihar and Jharkhand. Sahebganj is the district town of Jharkhand which is 9 km from Manihari (Nautical mile distance), there is regular ferry service between Manihari and Sahibganj. Manihari is connected by railway link on metre gauge (MG). There are few local trains which run between Manihari and Katihar.
Before Farakka Barrage was constructed, people going to the Darjeeling Hills or North Bengal from Kolkata, used to travel by a Broad Gauge train to Sakrigali Ghat and then cross the Ganges by steamer. On the other side of the river at Manihari Ghat, they used to take a metre gauge train to Siliguri.[3]Once Farakka Barrage was constructed, this route became redundant. There still is a ferry service linking Manihari Ghat with Sahebganj.
There are two high schools and few gov schools, and private school.or college. 1.B.P.S.P.Senior Secondary School 2.P.L.S.N. Girls Senior Secondary School Principal-Md.Sayeedur Rahaman Teachers-Chandrabali Prasad(Sosc),Surendra prasad(Sosc),Bijay Mandal(Eng),Rashmi Nisha(Hin),Anjana Kumari(Snk),Kamlesh choudhary(Math),Rajesh Kumar(Sosc),Rijwanul Haque(Urd),Tauwab Ahmad(sc) 3.s.s.s.mandir school(p) 4.national public school(P) 5.s.j.pandey sanskrit vidaylaye 6.rameshwer yadav manihari college manihari.(gov and pvt) 7.b.m.s.(p) 8.grukul puplic school.(p) 9.n.p.s(p)
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