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.

Geography

Location

Bamanhat is located at.
Bamanhat I and Bamanhat II are gram panchayats in Dinhata II CD block.
Bamanhat is not identified as a separate inhabited place by 2011 census. 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.

Education

is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1970.

Culture

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

Railway links

is on the broad gauge Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line.
In the early 1900s, Eastern Bengal Railway extended the Metre gauge railways to Lalmonirhat, Gitaldaha, 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.The partition of the country and formation of the erstwhile East Pakistan led to complete severance of communication with the State of Assam from the rest of India.
The 72 km long Alipurduar-Bamanhat branch line was converted to Broad gauge in 2007.

Healthcare

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