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Gamharia is a village in the Gaya district of the Indian state of Bihar.

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Gamharia
Village and city
Gamharia Location in Bihar, India Show map of Bihar Gamharia Gamharia (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°35′28″N 84°44′26″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Elevation	159 m (522 ft)
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• Official	Maithali, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	Gaya, Kolkatta
Lok Sabha constituency	Gaya
Avg. summer temperature	30–48 °C (86–118 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	20–3 °C (68–37 °F)

Commerce

The main markets are Sherghati, Chandiastan, Darioura and Gola Bazar (among the largest cattle markets in Bihar).

History

Gamharia experienced an Indian socialist revolution where the late Sri Tileswar Singh began his dramatically violent protests against the British in India.

His son, Late Sri Kedar Singh, works on development of the panchayat and became Mukhiya of Guneri Panchayat six consecutive times, earning him the nickname 'Mukhiyaji' after the Bihar Panchayat Election.

Notables

Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Sri Tileshwar Singh
Sri Kedar Singh ( Mukhiyaji)
Shakil Ahmad of Sihuli, former MLA of Gurua.
Aditya Prasad (of the Sherghati Darbar House) was among the first in town to get a degree in engineering, in London in 1924.
Subodh Kumar Gupta I.A.S. Jharkhand Cadre
Professor Sheo Kumar Singh ( Department of Sociology)
Storyteller Prabhat Manjudarshi
Professor Deepak Kumar Singh

Geography

It is about 45 km (28 mi) from Gaya, situated on Sher Shah Suri Marg (GT Road) between Kolkata and Delhi and is surrounded by the Kamaun range.

National Highway 2 passes through Gamharia, along with State highway 69. It is located on the Amritsar Delhi Kolkata industrial corridor.

Transport

Roadways

The Grand Trunk Road (NH-2) has undergone a revival through The Golden Quadrilateral project) crosses from Gamharia.

Rail

The nearest Railway Station, Gaya, is connected to Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Rourkela, Hazaribag, Kolkata, Varanasi, Allahabad, Kanpur, Delhi, Amritsar,

Airports

The nearest airport is Gaya Airport, the only international airport in Bihar and Jharkhand. Sri Lankan Airlines, Drukair and Thai Airways connect Gaya to international destinations. Gaya Airport is 5 km from Bodh-Gaya.

Cuisine

Gamharia prefers a traditional Bihari cuisine. The most popular dishes include sattu, litti, pittha, pua, marua-ka-roti, bari-dal, sattu-ka-roti, baigan-bharta and sukhaota.

Local Muslims are fond of handa (meat cooked in mud vessels by burying them partially into the ground and eliminating metal from the cooking experience), palau, kawab, etc.

Education

The educational climate in Chandisthan has improved (at least at the school level) since DAV Public School opened its branch in town (around 1992). Locals tend to search elsewhere for higher studies.

Schools

Anugrah Narayan Shahdev High School (Suggi, Chandisthan)
Zenith Public School (Chandisthan)
Lakshami Devi Sarswati Shishu Mandir (Karamdih, Chandisthan)
Urdu Publick School (Gamharia)
Dr Zaheer Tishna Memorial School (co-education)[1]
Ranglal High School (Sherghati)
DAV Public School (co-education)
Gurukul Residential School (Sherghati)
Ramlal & Syam Lal Sanskrit Vidyalaya (Mahmadpur)
Gyan Deep Public School (Sherghati)
Heaven flower academy, jail road, Hamzapur, (Sherghati)

Universities and colleges

Shri Mahant Shatanand Giri College (Hamzapur, Sherghati)
Colour craft- A School of Designing & Printing

References

Dr Zaheer Tishna Memorial School