Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaSahibganj is a district headquarters town on the Ganga in north-eastern Jharkhand, with busy roads towards Barharwa and Barhait and coal-train lines in the district. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire station and the main local risks on one page, with past incidents from the district.
Checked 26 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number; the district advises dialling 112 instead of 100 in an emergency · 101: The national fire number. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: State ambulance number; 102 is also listed for Sahibganj. If neither connects, call 112 · 100: Also reachable through 112
Print the Sahibganj emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers, and the Sahibganj fire, disaster and civic numbers from this guide. There are blank lines for your family contacts and the nearest hospital.
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Checked 26 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On 11 August 2025, the Ganga stood at 28.62 m at Sahibganj, 1.37 m above the 27.25 m danger mark; about 1,600 households and more than 8,000 people were affected, eleven of the 28 municipal wards were badly hit, and schools in flooded areas were shut for two days. On 11 September 2026 it rose to 28.72 m, the highest in four years against a 26.50 m warning mark, with water from the Kosi adding to the flow.
On the night of 15 October 2026, a truck hit an e-rickshaw at Keshro More, killing three young men and injuring two; the driver fled and both vehicles were seized (we cover it in a case study). On 30 June 2026, an e-rickshaw and a four-wheeler collided head-on near Jamnagar Bangalipara, killing two and leaving four in critical condition.
In August 2021, a boat loaded with fodder and 13 cattle herders sank in surging flood water on the Ganga at Sahibganj; twelve were rescued and one was missing, feared drowned. The boat was believed to have been overloaded.
On 1 April 2025 at about 3 am, two goods trains on the coal line near Bhognadih in the Barhait area collided head-on, killing both drivers and injuring four people. The line is mainly used to carry coal to power plants.
1 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Sahibganj Fire Station | Sahibganj district · Sahibganj | Call9304953446 |
One district fire station is listed for Sahibganj, with an office number from a 2020 list that may have changed. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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