Tarapur, Bihar

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  ?Tarapur
Bihar • India
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Location of Tarapur
Coordinates: 25°23′N 86°28′E / 25.38, 86.47
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s) Munger

Coordinates: 25°23′N 86°28′E / 25.38, 86.47

Tarapur is a small town in the district of Munger in the Indian state Bihar.

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[edit] Transport

It is connected by road to most important towns in Bihar . The nearest railway station is Sultanganj.

[edit] Economy

The main occupation of people residing around Tarapur is agriculture. Paddy, wheat, pulses, sugarcane, and other cereals are grown here. Mango from this region is also famous. Tarapur has been growing as an administrative unit as well as a commercial center in Munger.

[edit] Culture

During shrawani mela, a month long religious carnival where devotees go to the historic Shiva temple in Deoghar after taking the water from the "utrawahini" Ganga in Sultanganj, the whole locality is decked like a bride.

[edit] Important personalities

Important historical personalities from this region include late Sumitra Devi, a prominent political figure; late Shyama Kant Jha, a philosopher and linguistic who was also the chairman of Sanskrit Siksha Board; late Singeshwar Prasad Singh, the pracharak of Vedas; late Brahmdeo Madhur, former Head of the Arts Faculty at Banaras Hindu University.People from Tarapur are spread all over India and in different places of the globe.

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