Bihariganj

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.

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.

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

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.

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

• Employment

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.

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.

• Bihariganj (Community development block)
• Bihariganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
• Madhepura
• Barauni-Katihar section (railway line)

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