Bamanhat

Bamanhat is a neighbourhood and a gram panchayat in the Dinhata II CD block in the Dinhata subdivision of the Cooch Behar district, West Bengal, India.

Bamanhat
Neighbourhood
Bamanhat Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Bamanhat Bamanhat (India) Show map of 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/STD code	03581
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Cooch Behar
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Dinhata
Website	coochbehar.gov.in

Geography

8km
5miles

A

S

S

A

M

B

A

N

G

L

A

D

E

S

H

H

Kamteswari
temple

H

Rajpat

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River

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Mara Torsha

U

Gangadhar River

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River

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Dudhkumar

R

Dharla River

H

Nakkatigachhi

H

Chamta

H

Bhuchungmari

H

Bara Kodali

H

Andaranfulbari

H

Airani Chitalia

H

Gosanimari

R

Sahebganj

R

Gitaldaha

R

Bamanhat

R

Natabari

R

Bakshirhat

M

Dinhata

M

Tufanganj

CT

Bhangri
Pratham
Khanda

CT

Kamat Phulbari

CT

Chhota Laukuthi

   

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 at 26.0706°N 89.5862°E / 26.0706; 89.5862.

Bamanhat I and Bamanhat II are gram panchayats in Dinhata II CD block.^[1]

Bamanhat is not identified as a separate inhabited settlement in the 2011 census record. As per map of Dinhata II map in the District Census Handbook 2011, Koch Bihar it appears to be a part of Kalamati village/ mouza.^[2]

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.^[3] The entire district forms the flat alluvial flood plains of mighty rivers.^[4]

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 School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1970.^[5]

Culture

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

Railway links

Bamanhat railway station is on the broad gauge Alipurduar-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.^[6]

In the early 1900s, Eastern Bengal Railway extended the Metre gauge railways to Lalmonirhat, Gitaldaha (via Mogalhat), Bamanhat, Golokganj and other places, thereby connecting Assam to Katihar, in Bihar. In 1901 Cooch Behar State Railway built the narrow gauge line from Gitaldaha to Jayanti, 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 through Sonahat.^[7][8][9] 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.^[10]

v t e Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line
Legend
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 over Dharla 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 long Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2007.^[11]

Healthcare

Bamanhat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Bamanhat, is the major government medical facility in the Dinhata II CD block.^[12]