Kutri Village (Census of India Village-code 257586) is located in the

Warisaliganj Warisaliganj is a town and a nagar parishad in Nawada district in the Indian state of Bihar. History Warisaliganj, to the north of Nawada, was founded by Waris Ali khan, brother of Kamgar khan in Mayi family. Geography Warisaliganj is locat ...

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Nawada district Nawada district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. Nawada is its administrative headquarters. The district is the easternmost district of the Magadh division, one of the nine administrative divisions of Bihar. The ...

in Bihar, India. It is a historical village among 80 villages of

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. According to government records, Kutri village has 842 houses spread over a geographical area of 368 hectares. It is situated 5 km away from the

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Nawada Nawada is a city and a municipality in Bihar, India. It is also the headquarters of the Nawada district. It is the headquarters of the subdivision of the same name, lying on both sides of the Khuri River( also known as Sakri river in some part ...

. As of 2009, Kutri village was designated a gram panchayat.

Kutri gram panchayat

The gram panchayat is a "village of temples" and the villagers venerate

Aadi Shakti Mahadevi ( sa, महादेवी, ), also referred to as Adi Parashakti, Adi Shakti, and Abhaya Shakti, is the supreme goddess in the Shaktism sect of Hinduism. According to this tradition, all Hindu goddesses are considered to be manifesta ...

Maa Kali Kali (; sa, काली, ), also referred to as Mahakali, Bhadrakali, and Kalika ( sa, कालिका), is a Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of ultimate power, time, destruction and change in Shaktism. In this tradit ...

, and Shiva. The largest pond by the southwest corner of the temple to Shiva in the village is a reminder of the village as the historical symbol of Kashi City. The village was a prominent place of Hindu dharma in ancient ages. Kutri Panchayat consists of the following villages: Kutri,

Naromurar Naromurar is a Village in Warisaliganj Tehsil, located from National Highway 31 and from State Highway 59, making it the only village of the area well connected to both Nawada and Nalanda districts of Bihar. Literally the word ''Nar'' means ...

, Khirbhojna, and Rampur Kutri is a

Magadh Magadha was a region and one of the sixteen sa, script=Latn, Mahajanapadas, label=none, lit=Great Kingdoms of the Second Urbanization (600–200 BCE) in what is now south Bihar (before expansion) at the eastern Ganges Plain. Magadha was ruled ...

village that is 120 km away from Bihar state's capital city Patna and approximately 20 km from

Rajgriha Rajgir, meaning "The City of Kings," is a historic town in the district of Nalanda in Bihar, India. As the ancient seat and capital of the Haryanka dynasty, the Pradyota dynasty, the Brihadratha dynasty and the Mauryan Empire, as well as the ...

, a capital city during the Magadh dynasty. In the era of the Magadh Dynasty, the administration was strong and the village had a local chief known as the gramakas. Its administration was divided into executive, judiciary, and military divisions. In the Mughal & British era during the Zamindari system, a similar form of administration called kachahari (A tax collection and judiciary system) was practiced in Naromurara village of Kutri Panchayat and was headed by Zamindar under Mahalwari system of the British empire. Therefore, ancient Kutri villages were equipped with a systematic administration system but also surrounded by various historical and tourist centres such as Rajgrih, Nalanda, Pawapuri, Kakolat, Silao, Gaya, and Patliputra. Its presence in the centre of these places makes it a good tourist centre with the importance of reminding intact of Hindu religion while the region was undergoing a transition of religious belief from Vedic Ahinsa parmo dharma. Buddhism and Jainism flourished in this region during ancient times with Nalanda University was the centre of education during the Magadh & contemporary Gupta empire, which was a Brahmin dynasty. Kutri has five sub-villages:

, Khirbhojna, Rampur, Tullapur, and Masankhama. Kutri & Naromurar inhabitants are

Bhumihar Bhumihars, also called Babhan, are a Hindu caste mainly found in Bihar (including the Mithila region), the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, and Nepal. The Bhumihars claim Brahmin statu ...

, Brahmins and

Maithil Brahmins Maithil Brahmins are a Hindu Brahmin community from the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent that comprises Tirhut, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Munger, Bhagalpur; Bokaro in Jharkhand and Santhal Pargana divisions of India and some adjoinin ...

Language

The primary languages used in Kutri are

Magahi The Magahi language (), also known as Magadhi (), is a language spoken in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal states of eastern India, and in the Terai of Nepal. Magadhi Prakrit was the ancestor of Magahi, from which the latter's name derives. ...

in the

Nawada District Nawada district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. Nawada is its administrative headquarters. The district is the easternmost district of the Magadh division, one of the nine administrative divisions of Bihar. The ...

and Hindiin Magadh Division of Bihar.

Geography

Climate

The table below shows historical monthly averages for climate variables in Kutri.

Education

As a Magadha Empire village, Kutri has had Vedic education and the judiciary system in ancient times. Nalanda University, an Indian educational institution, is situated near Kutri. During the British Raj, school education started in the 1900s with the establishment of Middle School Kutri in the north of the village. Siya Saran Singh – a teacher of Kochgaon, contributed in proliferating education in Kutri. With Harvansh Kumari's support, they built a primary school of 3 rooms during the Zamindari system. The school was later extended to middle school up to class 7. After Indian independence, Kutri villagers began to attend the BK Sahoo High School at

. It was decided in Oct 1972 during the Durga Puja Festival that a high school was required. It was difficult for girls to get higher education due to the unavailability of high school in nearby locations. In December 1978, Kutri High School became a government-approved high school and is now an inter-high school. Apart from this, there were some coaching classes run privately. Currently, there is one middle school and one inter-high school in the village where students from nearby villages including Naromurar, Gorapar, Lohrajpur and Paingari, come for education.

References

External links

* {{cite web, url=http://nawada.nic.in , title=Official District Website Villages in Nawada district