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Sarath
Village
Sarath is located in Jharkhand
Sarath
Sarath
Location in Jharkhand, India
Sarath is located in India
Sarath
Sarath
Sarath (India)
Coordinates: 24°14′12″N 86°50′16″E / 24.23667°N 86.83778°E / 24.23667; 86.83778
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictDeoghar
Population
 (2011)
 • Total5,692
Languages .*For language details see Sarath, Deoghar#Language and religion
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
814149
Telephone/ STD code06438
Lok Sabha constituencyDumka
Vidhan Sabha constituencySarath
Websitedeoghar.nic.in

Sarath is a village in Sarath CD block in the Madhupur subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Location[edit | edit source]

Sarath is located at 24°14′12″N 86°50′16″E / 24.23667°N 86.83778°E / 24.23667; 86.83778.

Overview[edit | edit source]

The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[1]

Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.

Area[edit | edit source]

Sarath has an area of 408 hectares (1,010 acres).[2]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Sarath had a total population of 5,692, of which 2,981 (52%) were males and 2,711 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,010. The total number of literate persons in Sarath was 4,682 (71.61% of the population over 6 years).[2]

Civic administration[edit | edit source]

Police station[edit | edit source]

There is a police station at Sarath.[3]

CD block HQ[edit | edit source]

Headquarters of Sarath CD block is at Sarath village.[4]

Education[edit | edit source]

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Sarath, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2006. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[5]

High School Gopibandh is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1980. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class X.[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. "District Police Profile - Deoghar". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Deoghar on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. "KGBV Sarath". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. "HS Gopibandh". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.