Hazaribagh Road
Encyclopedia
Hazaribagh Road is a railway station on the Grand Chord
line of East Central Railway. The place is locally known as Saria (or Sariya), a gram panchayat
in Bagodar intermediate panchayat in Giridih district
in the India
n state
of Jharkhand
..
Bagodar on NH 2
is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) and Hazaribagh
is 64 kilometres (39.8 mi) from Hazaribagh Road.
in 1856, that town became the railhead for the vast hinterland that lay beyond it. In 1871, Giridih
was connected to Madhupur on the Kolkata
-Delhi
main line, through a branch line. Giridih served as the railhead for Hazaribagh
and other places in the area till the Grand Chord line was laid. Hazaribagh Road station, along with the Grand Chord, was opened in February 1907. While both Hazaribngh Road and Kodarma
were connected with Hazaribagh by metalled roads and they were about equally distant from what was then the district headquarters. Hazaribngh Road was, however, the station ordinarily used, as it was considerably nearer to Kolkata.
Grand Chord
Grand Chord- also known as The Life line of India is a section of the Indian Railways and is one of the two parts of the main Delhi-Howrah route. It acts as a link between Sitarampur, and Mughal Sarai, Uttar Pradesh, and covers a stretch of 450 km...
line of East Central Railway. The place is locally known as Saria (or Sariya), a gram panchayat
Gram panchayat
Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...
in Bagodar intermediate panchayat in Giridih district
Giridih District
Giridih district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Giridih is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Jharkhand , after Ranchi and Dhanbad.-History:...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
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Geography
Hazaribagh Road or Saria is located at 24.17436°N 85.89162°E.Bagodar on NH 2
National Highway 2 (India)
National Highway 2 , commonly referred as Delhi-Kolkata Road is a busy Indian National Highway that runs through the states of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. It constitute a major portion of historical Grand Trunk Road along with NH 91 and NH 1 in India...
is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) and Hazaribagh
Hazaribagh
Hazaribagh is a city and a municipality in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the divisional headquarters of North Chotanagpur division. It is famous as a health resort and for Hazaribagh National Park ....
is 64 kilometres (39.8 mi) from Hazaribagh Road.
History
With the extension of railways to BarakarBarakar
Barakar is a town in Asansol subdivision of Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal. It is situated at the border of the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The Grand Trunk Road passes through Barakar. The town is located on the banks of Barakar River....
in 1856, that town became the railhead for the vast hinterland that lay beyond it. In 1871, Giridih
Giridih
Giridih is headquarters of the Giridih district of Jharkhand state, India. The literal meaning of Giridih is the land of hills & hillocks - giri, a Hindi word, means hills and dih, another word of the local dialect, indicates upland...
was connected to Madhupur on the Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
-Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
main line, through a branch line. Giridih served as the railhead for Hazaribagh
Hazaribagh
Hazaribagh is a city and a municipality in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the divisional headquarters of North Chotanagpur division. It is famous as a health resort and for Hazaribagh National Park ....
and other places in the area till the Grand Chord line was laid. Hazaribagh Road station, along with the Grand Chord, was opened in February 1907. While both Hazaribngh Road and Kodarma
Kodarma
Kodarma is a city and a notified area in Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-Geography:Kodarma is located at . It has an average elevation of 375 metres .-Demographics:...
were connected with Hazaribagh by metalled roads and they were about equally distant from what was then the district headquarters. Hazaribngh Road was, however, the station ordinarily used, as it was considerably nearer to Kolkata.