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Bharkhar

village in Bihar, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ16841297
Source-derived summary

Bharkhar is a village near Mohania in the state of Bihar, India.

This densely populated village is situated at distance of 2 km north to the national highway NH-2 now NH 19 which is passing through near by place Mohania. It had a population of 1396 in May 2009 and as per one estimate in 2022, it has population more than 5000. The nearest railway station is Bhabua Road (Local Market is Known by name Mohania) 2 km away from the village.

It is also connected with state highways "SH-14" which is 1.5 km away. SH-14 is a state highway runs through Bhabua to Buxur. Places to visit includes highly revered temples Sri Mahavir Mandir situated at centre of village and Maa Kaali Mandir situated on SH-14, 1.5 km away from village. Both temples are highly revered, serene and well maintained place worth visiting. On day of Chhath puja, Maa Kaali Mandir on SH-14 attracts thousand visitors & worshipers.

This village has more than one connecting road to state highways, three government school, Panchayat Bhavan and public water supply system.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bharkhar” as village in Bihar, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1396, 2009, 2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Bharkhar, village and Bihar can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Bihar, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16841297. Authority coordinates are 25.189, 83.616. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1396, 2009 and 2022.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Bharkhar”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bharkhar primary sources, Bharkhar archive and Bharkhar research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Bharkhar”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from Bharkhar” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.