Pharenda, or Anandnagar, is a city in the
Maharajganj district
Maharajganj district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, and the town of Maharajganj is the district headquarters. District is a part Gorakhpur division. It is located in Terai regions of Himalayas, bordering Ne ...
of the province of
Uttar Pradesh
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in northern
India
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. It is located approximately 44 kilometres north of
Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometers east of the state capital Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur dist ...
near the border with
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. District of Pharenda is Maharajganj. This is situated on the Buddhist Circuit which is built from Sarnath to Lumbini. It lies on NH-24 and near NH 29. It is about 45 km from
Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometers east of the state capital Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur dist ...
, 40 km from
Siddharthnagar
Siddharthnagar also known as Naugarh is a city and the district headquarters of Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Siddharthnagar district, though the constituency has been renamed to Ka ...
, 30 km from
Maharajganj and 55 km from
Sonauli
Sonauli is a town, near city of Maharajganj in Maharajganj district in Uttar Pradesh, India. It located on the Indo-Nepal Border and is a well-known and most famous transit point between India and Nepal.
Sonauli is around 75 km from district ...
Indo-Nepal Border. This place is named after Seth Anandram Jaypuriya. There is closed sugar Mill which was started in about 1935 and closed in 1995. Near Anand Nagar there is a temple is Durga devi mandir, popularly known as Lehara Devi mandir.
There are 9 intermediate schools, 2 degree colleges and 2 PG colleges in the town.
Forest of Pharenda has the "Barahsingha Reserve". Other, nearest market place to this tahsil is Dhani Bazar, Brijmanganj, Raniyapur and
Campierganj
Campierganj (on the name of British "station master" of this railway station) also called as Chaumukha, is a small Town in the province of Uttar Pradesh in north India, approximately {{cvt, 34, km north of Gorakhpur city near the border with N ...
(Chaumukha) (on the name of British "station master" of this railway station), in range of 12 km.
Pharenda is a large city in Maharajganj district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated near NH 24. It is about 45 km from Gorakhpur, 40 km from Siddharthnagar, 30 km from Maharajganj and 55 km from Sonauli Indo-Nepal Border. This place is named after Seth Anand Ram Jaipuriya.
Geography
Anandnagar is located at . It has an average elevation of 88 metres (288 feet).
Demographics
India
census
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,
Anandnagar had a population of 10,181. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Anandnagar has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Anandnagar is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh. The Anandnagar city is divided into 11 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Anandnagar Nagar Panchayat has population of 10,113 of which 5,303 are males while 4,810 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1194 which is 11.81% of total population of Anandnagar (NP). In Anandnagar Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 907 against state average of 912. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Anandnagar is around 892 compared to Uttar Pradesh state average of 902. Literacy rate of Anandnagar city is 88.41% higher than state average of 67.68%. In Anandnagar, Male literacy is around 92.96% while female literacy rate is 83.40%.
Anandnagar Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 1,600 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Education
Anandnagar has many undergraduate and post graduate colleges and schools. SAJIC is the oldest Intermediate college of Anandnagar established in 1943 where the students gets quality education with great sports facilities. Other colleges are LBS Intercollege (coeducational), GGIC for girls and MRD intercollege coeducational.SAJIC Anand Nagar are famous colleges . There are many CBSE affiliated schools in pharenda like Scholar's Academy (est.2010) which caters the need of good quality of education. Indeed education transforms lives,
With a splendid vision to create a learning and inquisitive environment, the schools of pharenda has been making tremendous efforts to provide the students best education.
Students attend these schools here to expect wholesome experience of healthy learning cum competitive environment, where exposure to fantastic scholastic and non-scholastic activities/programme is given.
Transport
There is a large railway station ANDN. Railway station named
Anandnagar junction, from here one railway line goes to Nautanwa which is nearest railway station for sonauli Nepal border and another goes towards
Lucknow
Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...
via
Barhani. Now, There are direct trains to connect all big cities like, Delhi, Mumbai, Raipur and Varanasi. The bus connects to Sonouli Nepal boarder and long route bus also available for Delhi, Lucknow, Jaipur.
References
External links
Gorakhpur Link_1Maharajganj Link 2
{{Maharajganj district
Villages in Maharajganj district