Bihariganj

Bihariganj
Town
Bihariganj
Bihariganj

Location in Bihar, India

Coordinates: 25°44′09″N 86°58′45″E / 25.73583°N 86.97917°E / 25.73583; 86.97917Coordinates: 25°44′09″N 86°58′45″E / 25.73583°N 86.97917°E / 25.73583; 86.97917
Country  India
State Bihar
District Madhepura
Elevation 46 m (151 ft)
Languages
 • Official Maithili, Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
ISO 3166 code IN-BR
Nearest city Saharsa, Madhepura, Purnia
Lok Sabha constituency Madhepura
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bihariganj
Website madhepura.bih.nic.in

Bihariganj a town in Bihar, India. It is in Madhepura district.Bihariganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: बिहारिगंज विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Madhepura district in the Indian state of Bihar.

History

The ancient name of Bihariganj was "Nishankhpur kodha". In medieval times this place was ruled by "Sen dynasty". In the 16th century the main stream of the Koshi river flowed to this place, named "ha-ha dhar", & there have a small market in Bihariganj . Approximately 2 kilometers near this place, also Gamail Gola was used as a local market where jute, rice, wheat, and other commercial items were purchased and bought by the local people. Biharignaj Railway station is one of the oldest railway stations in northern India. This was the only one of way of communication during 2008 flood.

About

Bihariganj City is located within Madhepura district In Bihar. It has a literacy ratio of 58% with 61,527 total people literated. In terms of literacy, Bihariganj ranks at 1st in Madhepura district and ranked 357th in Bihar.

Geography

Bihariganj is the central market of its surrounded villages. It is surrounded by the villages like Gangaura, Madhukarchak, Mohanpur, Laxmipur, Belahi, Babhangama, Tulsia, Baijnathpur, Vishanpur, Gamail, Mahikhand, Madhuvan Tintenga, and others. There are several chauk (zebra crossing) such as Jawahar chauk, Shastri chauk, Viswkarma chauk, Gandhi Chauk, Subhash Chauk, and Panchwati Chauk, Babhangama chauk. Bihariganj is a Block in Madhepura District. It belongs to Kosi Division. It is located 41 km towards South from District headquarters Madhepura.

Demographics

Maithili is the Local language here. People also speak Hindi, Urdu. As per 2011 census,Total population of Bihariganj is 1,35,534 out of which 52% are male and 48% are female. Based on population, Bihariganj is ranked 7th in Madhepura district and ranked 374th in Bihar. This town has total 27,870 households spread across 25 villages and 12 panchayats. Most of the area comes under rural except suburbs of the main town.

Economy

This town is famous for its textile business. It also produces Jutes and sugars. People of here are mainly dependant upon business and agriculture. According to planning commission of India the poverty headcount ratio is 19.83% in Bihariganj.

Bihariganj has total 48,905 people employed.Out of total employed people,32,914 are male and 15,991 are female. employment ratio of 36%. Bihariganj stands at 11th in Madhepura district and ranked 159th in Bihar

Agriculture

Culture

Ramnavmi Yatra is very famous here. There are many temples such as Chandika Temple, Durga Temple, Hanuman temple, and Shiva Temple. It is mainly mithila oriented society. People although are of different caste and creed but in their blood mithila culture is running. They are very soft and honest, kind hearted and sympathetic in nature by born-a survey of New York encyclopedia says.

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