Punpun

Punpun
पुनपुन
City
Punpun

Location in Bihar, India

Coordinates: 25°29′N 85°07′E / 25.48°N 85.12°ECoordinates: 25°29′N 85°07′E / 25.48°N 85.12°E
Country  India
State Bihar
Metropolis Patna Metropolitan Region
District Patna
Government
 • Body Patna Municipal Corporation
Elevation 60 m (200 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 116,394
Languages
 • Official Maithili, Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Website www.patna.nic.in

Punpun is a satellite town in Patna Metropolitan Region in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located 10 km south of Patna. The name Punpun comes from the river Punpun, a tributary of river Ganges, on whose bank the village has flourished.

According to new master plan of Patna (PMR) the new airport for the city of Patna will be in Punpun.

History

Mata Seeta has spent some time near Punpun village at the bank of Punpun river. For Pind-dan Gaya and Punpun are the most important/ auspicious place in Hindu Dharma. Every year from Nepal and all over India Hindus come here to do pind-dan. It is saying that first pind-dan is done in Punpun after than Gaya.

Education

Punpun is only 12 km from Patna, and better connectivity of Train and Road so it develop the education hub in future. AIIMS And IIT are located 15 km in range. In Punpun a S.M.D. College and Subodh Kumar mahila College provide Post Graduate Level Education. 10+2 level government School for boy and girl give better education in that reason. There are a lot of primary government and private school improve the education quality.

In future Punpun develop as a business hub,small company start disinvestment in that filed. Kingfisher will start beer factory in Nabutpur. In Micro-level there are so many self-employment co-operative society are running and provide job, for example Alawalpur(Punpun) village will start self co-operative milk union for promote true dairy product in Patna. In this Dairy guided by educated youth of Alwalpur for better utilization of resource and promote job inside the village.

Play

There are many play ground in punpun. Cricket is very popular game in punpun. High School Ground, Gandhi Maidan, and S.M.D. College ground are the famous play ground in punpun.

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