Dewanhat


Dewanhat is a village in the Cooch Behar I CD block in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision of the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, India.

History

Dewanhat has a great history. This place is known since very long time. It connects both Coochbehar and Dinhata via highroad. This place has lot of popular Temples to visit. The nearest temple is "Pir Baba and Kali Mandir", apart from this there is one more temple near to railway crossing and so many temple and mosque and one church in various part of the Dewanhat Panchayat.

Geography

Location

Dewanhat is located at.
There is a college, hospital, railway station and an old high school. It is a well-known agrimarket in North Bengal. Dewanhat is connected to NH-31. In the dewanhat we can go to bangladesh border its nearly 35 km.
There is an NGO named Cooch Behar Ashar Alo which is working for socioeconomic development of north eastern states of India. This organisation mainly works for empowerment of women. They have many other activities for social development. This non-governmental organization also works with rural microfinance.
The nearest airport, Cooch Behar, is 13 km away. It has an average elevation of 37 metres. Airpot now closed because of political issu.
It also has a railway station DWT. This villeage have one river. mostly agriculture land in this village.

Economy

Mainly the village economy is agriculture, fish, and there is also many poltry farm.

Education

was established in 2007. Affiliated with the Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, it offers honours courses in Sanskrit, history, philosohy and political science and a general course in arts.

Healthcare

Dewanhat Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Dewanhat, is the major government medical facility in the Cooch Behar I CD block.