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Sakrigali Sakrigali Ghat
Village
SakrigaliLocation in Jharkhand, IndiaShow map of JharkhandSakrigaliSakrigali (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°14′50″N 87°42′55″E / 25.247278°N 87.715346°E / 25.247278; 87.715346
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Population
• Total	1,119
Languages (*For language details see Sahibganj (community development block)#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone/ STD code	06436
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajmahal
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Rajmahal
Website	sahibganj.nic.in

Sakrigali (also known as Sakrigali Ghat/ Sakribazar/ Sakri) is a village in the Sahibganj CD block in the Sahibganj subdivision of the Sahibganj district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Sakrigali is located at 25°14′50″N 87°42′55″E / 25.247278°N 87.715346°E / 25.247278; 87.715346.

Sakribazar has an area of 10 hectares (25 acres).

Overview

The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmahal hills running from the bank of the Ganges in the extreme north to the south, beyond the area covered by the map into Dumka district. ‘Farakka’ is marked on the map and that is where Farakka Barrage is, just inside West Bengal. Rajmahal coalfield is shown in the map. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.

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Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Sakribazar had a total population of 1,199, of which 644 (54%) were males and 555 (46%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 297. The total number of literate persons in Sakribazar was 601 (66.63% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

Sakrigali railway station is situated on the Sahibganj loop.

Before the Farakka Barrage across the Ganges was constructed, people going to the Darjeeling Hills or North Bengal from Kolkata, used to travel by broad gauge train to Sakrigali Ghat and then cross the Ganges by steamer. On the other side of the river at Manihari Ghat, they used to take a metre gauge train to Siliguri. Once Farakka Barrage became operational in 1975 (the barrage has a broad gauge rail line on it), this route became redundant.

Sahibganj Multimodal Port, with a capacity to handle 2.24 million tonnes of cargo annually, is located at Sakrigali.

References

1. ^ "District Census Handbook, Sahibganj, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
2. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
3. "Barharwa-Sahibganj Passenger". IndiaRailInfo. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
4. "IRFCA Miling list archive". Siliguri/ MG Coupling etc. IRFCA. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
5. "August date likely for Sahebganj river port". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

External links

• Media related to Sakrigali at Wikimedia Commons

External videos
Sahibganj multimodal terminal (with commentary in Hindi)

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