Jhajha

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.

Jhajha
City
Nickname:  Railnagri
Jhajha Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 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

Demographics

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

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

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.

Flora and fauna

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

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

• 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

References

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

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