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Maharajganj, Siwan
Maharajganj City Council (''Maharajganj Nagar Panchayat'') is a Nagar Panchayat (City council) located in Siwan district of the Indian state of Bihar. Demographics India census, Maharajganj was provisionally reported to have a population of 24,282 of which 12,471 are males while 11,811 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3642 which is 15.00% of total population of Maharajganj (NP). In Maharajganj Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 947 against state average of 918. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Maharajganj is around 972 compared to Bihar state average of 935. Literacy rate of Maharajganj city is 73.55% higher than state average of 61.80%. In Maharajganj, Male literacy is around 81.65% while female literacy rate is 64.96%. Transport Maharajganj Railway Station is connected to nearby Siwan, Bihar, Siwan Junction, which is connected directly to major cities. Duraundha junction connects with nearby cities like Siw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 and less than 40,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat. Such councils are formed under the panchayati raj administrative system. In census data, the abbreviation T.P. is used to indicate a "town panchayat". Tamil Nadu was the first state to introduce the panchayat town as an intermediate step between rural villages and urban local bodies (ULB). The structure and the functions of the nagar panchayat are decided by the state government. Management Each nagar panchayat has a committee consisting of a chairman with ward members. Membership consists of a minimum of ten elected ward members and three nominated members. The NAC members of the Nagar are elected from the several wards of the nagar panchayat on the basis of adult fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi. The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552 (Initially, in 1950, it was 500). Currently, the house has 543 seats which are made up by the election of up to 543 elected members and at a maximum. Between 1952 and 2020, 2 additional members of the Anglo-Indian community were also nominated by the President of India on the advice of Government of India, which was abolished in January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendriya Vidyalaya Maharajganj
Kendriya Vidyalaya Maharajganj is a secondary school affiliated to the CBSE board in Maharajganj, Bihar. The current principal is Mr. Suresh Kumar. It was established in 2012. It is part of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. History The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is the organization set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to oversee the Kendriya Vidyalaya schools. To cater to the educational needs of the children of Central government employees, K.V. Maharajganj started functioning with two hundred students in 2012. The school has primary and secondary divisions. It is a co-educational institution, with classes from V to X, affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. Management This school is managed by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, an autonomous organization of the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Main affairs of school are looked after by the KVS regional office in Patna. Deputy Commissioner is head of Region and Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashrakh
Mashrakh is a Block and town of Saran District in the western part of Bihar, India. It is located on the right bank of Ghoghari river. It is situated at 40 km from Chhapra and 98 km from state capital Patna. There are 17 Panchayats in Mashrakh Block. Mashrakh is connected by train between Chhapra, Siwan, Gopalganj and Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ... by road, which is connected to Chapra, Gopalganj & Siwan. Mashrakh is now urban area as Nagar Panchayat. Mashrakh used to be a well-known business hub in Saran commissionary. The town has a government hospital, private and government banks, veterinary hospital, police station, head post office, T.V. transmission center, and a telecommunication technical hub. There are two Inter & Degree colleges in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhapra
Chhapra is a city and headquarters of the Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated near the junction of the Ghaghara River and the Ganges River. Chhapra grew in importance as a river-based market in the 18th century when the Dutch, French, Portuguese, and English established potassium nitrate, saltpeter refineries in the area. It was recognized as a municipality in 1864. The major railway station is Chhapra Junction railway station, Chhapra junction. There is a well known shakti peeth temple in Chhapra named Ambika Bhavani. Geography Chhapra is located at . It has an average elevation of . India's biggest Stack interchange, double-decker Overpass, flyover is being constructed in Chhapra. This 3.5 km long Stack interchange, double-decker Overpass, flyover from Bhikhari Chowk to Bus Stand, is being constructed at the cost of 411.31 crore from the central road fund (CRF) under engineering procurement construction (EPC) mode by Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siwan, Bihar
Siwan is a city and nagar parishad in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Siwan district and one of the urban settlements out of three in the district. It is located close to Uttar Pradesh. History The Siwan Municipal Council (SMC) was established in 1924. It was the subdivisional headquarters of Siwan subdivision under the old Saran district. It became district headquarters of the Siwan district when it was formed in 1972. Geography and climate Siwan city is located at coordinates Latitude and longitude. It is counted in one of the tarai region of Himalaya Mountain range. It has an average elevation of . Daha River, which is a small river, which floods in rainy season pass through the west of the town. The river starts drying up during the summer. The green area in Siwan is about (21%) of its area. The weather of Siwan is generally mild cool throughout the year and temperature falls down up to 4 °C in December and January but it is wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muslims
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraham (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main Islamic prophet. The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad ('' sunnah'') as recorded in traditional accounts (''hadith''). With an estimated population of almost 1.9 billion followers as of 2020 year estimation, Muslims comprise more than 24.9% of the world's total population. In descending order, the percentage of people who identify as Muslims on each continental landmass stands at: 45% of Africa, 25% of Asia and Oceania (collectively), 6% of Europe, and 1% of the Americas. Additionally, in subdivided geographical regions, the figure stands at: 91% of the Middle East–North Africa, 90% of Central Asia, 65% of the Caucasus, 42% of Southeast Asi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindus
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. The term ''"Hindu"'' traces back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name ''Sindhu'' (सिन्धु ), referring to the river Indus. The Greek cognates of the same terms are "''Indus''" (for the river) and "''India''" (for the land of the river). The term "''Hindu''" also implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent around or beyond the Indus River, Sindhu (Indus) River. By the 16th century CE, the term began to refer to residents of the subcontinent who were not Turkic peoples, Turkic or Muslims. Hindoo is an archaic spelling variant, whose use today is considered derogatory. The historical development of Hindu self-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural council, village council, or board of aldermen. Australia Because of the differences in legislation between the states, the exact definition of a city council varies. However, it is generally only those local government areas which have been specifically granted city status (usually on a basis of population) that are entitled to refer to themselves as cities. The official title is "Corporation of the City of ______" or similar. Some of the urban areas of Australia are governed mostly by a single entity (see Brisbane and other Queensland cities), while others may be controlled by a multitude of much smaller city councils. Also, some significant urban areas can be under the jurisdiction of otherwise rural local governments. Periodic re-al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharajganj, Siwan (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Maharajganj is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. Overview As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 112 Maharajganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Maharajganj and Bhagwanpur Hat community development blocks. Maharajganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 19 Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2020 1977–2020 In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections, Hemnarayan Sah of JDU won by defeating Devranjan Singh of Bharatiya Janta Party. In the 2010 state assembly elections, Damodar Singh of JD(U) won the Maharajganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Manik Chand Rai of RJD. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Damodar Singh of JD(U) defeated Uma Shakar Singh of RJD in October 2005 and February 2005. Uma Shankar Singh representing SAP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidhan Sabha
The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislative body and in 6 states it is the lower house of their bicameral state legislatures with the upper house being State Legislative Council. 5 union territories are governed directly by the Union Government of India and have no legislative body. Each Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is directly elected to serve 5-year terms by single-member constituencies. The Constitution of India states that a State Legislative Assembly must have no less than 60 and no more than 500 members however an exception may be granted via an Act of Parliament as is the case in the states of Goa, Sikkim, Mizoram and the union territory of Puducherry which have fewer than 60 members. A State Legislative Assembly may be dissolved in a state of emergency, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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