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
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.
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]
