Jogiara

a village is named after Jogi Thakur, who migrated from Jhodhpur, Rajsthan in the mid-17th century, with his two siblings Bir Singh and other one,^[1] and settled in present-day Raghopur, Vaishali (where his village is named after him as Birpur). The other one settled in Rawaich village, near Bakhtiyarpur, Patna. They belong to the royal clan of Rathores of Jodhpur.

Main Communities are: Rajput; Maithil Brahmins; Maithil Karna Kayastha; Haluwai, Thakur (Hazaam), Teli, Sudi, Mandal, Sewak, Tatma, Dom, Chamar, Jogiara, a place of historical achievement in the period of Muslims Emperor, this village has not been suppressed for paying the Land revenue due to the bravery action taken.

Mithila Maharaja Sir Kameshwar Singh, also known as Darbhanga Maharaja, never levied any land tax on this village.

Jogiara is a village of very royalist behaviour nature. In comparison to other village of Bihar, this village support the promotion of democracy among the inhabitants without any caste.

Demographics

The number of households in Jogiara is 1,384. All the households are rural households.

The oldest Zamindari status holding House called the Haweli Deudhi of Jogiara.

This Palace called as Deudhi was made by Babu Gopal Singh, a high level Zamindar Person. The Next Haweli called the Palace of Babu Narayan Prasad singh. Every types of Houses in these days are present in this village.

Roads: roads are connected with the District headquarters, Darbhanga. All the parts of this village are linked with Roads.

Railways: Railways links trains are passes from Jogiara Railway Station on the main link Darbhanga- Sitamarhi- Raxaul

Female-to-male ratio of Jogiara is 93.01% compared to the Bihar's female to male ratio 91.93%. It is unsatisfactory and the people should drive some campaign to improve this.

Education

The Degree holders in the several fields of Education are presents in this village. like the D.Litt ( Doctor of Letter's); Ph.D. ( Doctor of Philosophy; LL.D; M.D. ( Medicine & Surgery); Engineer, Chartered Accountants, MBA, etc.

The literacy rate of the village is 57.25% compared to the literacy rate of state 47%. The literacy rate of the village is better than state literacy rate. Anyhow, the rate of literacy is low and needs immediate attention of Union and State Government.

The female literacy rate is 44.09% compared to male literacy rate of 69.59%.

Working Status Manpower and Personality

The personality related to Indian Civil Services; Indian Police Services; Indian Allied Services; Medical services, Forest services, Education and University Services; BPSC, Railway Services and General services are concerned with this village inhabitants people.

The total working population is 35.26% of the total population. 56.23% of the men are working population. 12.88% of the women are working population.

The main working population is 25.54% of the total population. 43.38% of the men are main working population. 6.5% of the women are main working population. While the marginal working population is 9.73% of the total population. 12.86% of the men are marginal working population. 6.39% of the women are marginal working population.

The total non-working population is 64.74% of the total population. 43.77% of the men are non-working population. 87.12% of the women are non-working population.

Demographic status of Jogiara:

Vital Statistics Parameters Total (Rural) Male Female Population 6,713 3,478 3,235 Population Below 6 years 1,274 670 604 Scheduled Caste 652 349 303 Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0 Literate 3,114 1,954 1,160 Working Population 1,918 1,579 339 Main Working Population 1,389 1,218 171 Marginal Working Population 529 361 168 Non Working Population 4,795 1,899 2,896 Main Working Agricultural Laborer Population 622 504 118 Main Working Cultivator Population 478 434 44 Main Working House Works Population 10 8 2 Main Working Others Population 279 272 7 Marginal Working Agricultural Laborer Population 374 253 121 Marginal Working Cultivator Population 68 37 31 Marginal Working House Works Population 8 5 3 Marginal Working Others Population 79 66 13

References

Dr. Binod ( Bachchaababu) Dr.Md Sajjad Lecturer, Centre of Advanced Study. Dept. Of History, AMU, Aligarh The district gazetteer of Muzaffarpur, written by LSS’O’Mally,

Coordinates: 26°24′30″N 85°45′00″E / 26.40833°N 85.75000°E / 26.40833; 85.75000