Saharsa District

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Saharsa District is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India, and Saharsa town is the administrative headquarters of this district.

Saharsa district is a part of Kosi Division and it became a district on 1 April 1954 a subsequently has become smaller with other districts being carved form it, most notably Madhepura in 1981.

Headquarters: Saharasa
Area: 1,696 km?
Population: Total: 1132413 Rural: 1052264 Urban: 80149
Sub Divisions: Saharasa Sadar, Simri Bakhtiyarpur
Blocks: Nauhatta, Simari, bakhatiyarpur, Salkhua, Kahra, Mahishi, Sonbarsa, Saurbazar, Patarghat, Sattar, Kateya, Banma Itahari
Agriculture: Paddy
Industry: Jute Factory
Rivers: Kosi, Baghmati,
Villages: Teghra, Bangaon, Chainpur, Parari, Soha, Sonpura, Ghazipeta, Dumra, Garual, Mahisi, Patarghat, Panchgachhia
College: MLT saharsa college, Sarva Narayan Singh college, R M College, Saharsa College

Saharsa has distinction of producing great scholars like Mandan Mishra who was engaged in the historical debate with Shankaracharya. The story goes that when Shankara was searching for Mandan Mishra’s house he came across some women washing clothes. When he asked for directions to the house he was told :

jagaddhruvam syajjagadadhruvam syatkirangana yatra giram giranti,
dwarasthanidantarasannirudha janihi tanmandanamishrasadmah.

"Is the world permanent or non-permanent? Where you find the female parrots in cages at the front door discussing this question, that you may know to be the house of Mandan Mishra."

It shows the scholarly atmosphere at the house of Mandan Mishra.

The place surrounded on the west by the river Kosi boasts an abundance of fish, milk, makhana. The great saint "shree shree 108 paramhans goswami laxminath" was born in parsharma(Saharsa). His big ashram is located in Bangaon.

[edit] See also

• Saharsa - The Municipality
• Mithila Maithil Mithilanchal (Madhubani)
• Maithil Community Group
• Mithilanchal Career Helpline Services

Districts of Bihar