Barhan, Agra

Barhan
Town
Barhan
Barhan Barhan
Coordinates: 27.3299109°N 78.1896490°E / 27.3299109; 78.1896490
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Agra
Government
• Type	Gram Panchayat
• Body	Gram Pradhan
Elevation	176.67 m (579.63 ft)
Population
• Total	17,365 (As per Census 2,011 record)
• Rank	First in Tehsil (Etmadpur)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	283201
Telephone code	0562
Vehicle registration	UP-80
Website	agra.nic.in

Barhan is a town in Etmadpur tehsil, Agra district, Uttar Pradesh, India, located at 30 km from the city of Agra. It's primarily populated by Brahmins,Thakurs, Jain, Gautam, Baghel, Barbar, Kushwaha, Ahirs, Scheduled Castes and a few other communities.

Population

Barhan's population is 17365. Out of this, 9322 are males while the females count 8043 here. This village has 2554 kids in the age group of 0–6 years. Out of this 1393 are boys and 1161 are girls.

Education

There are many educational institutes in the Town.

The main colleges of Barhan is:

• Dev Education Degree College
• Rastriya Inter College
• Kishori Devi Kanya Inter College
• Sarswati Gyan Mandir High School
• Maa Bhagwati Public School
• R B Public School
• Mother Public School
• Adarsh vidhya niketan
• Dev public school

Literacy rate

Literacy ratio in Barhan village is 66%. 11604 out of total 17365 population is literate here. In males the literacy ratio is 74% as 6971 males out of total 9322 are educated whereas female literacy ratio is 57% as 4633 out of total 8043 females are educated in this Village.

Transport

Air

It is located just 28 km from Agra airport.

Road

Barhan is well connected with road transport. There are two ways to connect Agra city, first one via NH2 (Delhi to Kolkata ) at Etmadpur and second one is via Agra Jalesar Road at Anwalkheda.

Rail

Barhan Railway Station is on the North Central Railway zone line between Delhi and Howrah and Junction ( Etah Railway station line start from here)

Agra cant railway station and Agra fort railway station are about 30km from Barhan Railway Station

Tundla Junction railway station is 16 km from Barhan

Worship Place

Barhan has worship places for all community such as jain, Hindus and Muslims

500 Year Old Statue of Bhagwan Adinath In Jain Temple Barhan

• Shri Bankey Bihari Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Krishna
• Shree Adinath Digambar Jain Mandir
• Shree Digambar Jain Parashnath Mandir
• Hanuman Mandir
• Devi Mata madir
• Jama majid

Police Station

Barhan has its own Police station

• Police station Near moon light market opp. Ram leela ground Barhan Agra

Fire Station

Barhan has its own Fire Station

• Fire Station Near tyagi market Barhan Agra

Post Station

Barhan has its own Post Office

• Sub Post Office Moon Light Market Barhan Agra