Mokama is a town and a
municipal 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 counci ...
in
barh
Barh is a town and one of the 6 sub-division of Patna District, Bihar in India. It is located on the southern bank of the Ganges.
Population
, Barh had a total population of 316,348 residents, with 162,354 males and 153,994 females. Barh ha ...
of
Patna district
Patna district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India. Patna, the capital of Bihar, is the district headquarters. The Patna district is a part of Patna division. The Patna district is divided into 6 Sub-divisions ( ...
in the
India
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n
state
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of
Bihar
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...
. It is located east of
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. ...
on the southern banks of the river
Ganges
The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...
. Mokama is the connecting town of north and south Bihar and has 2nd highest amount of lentil production in India. It emerged as an industrial area in State of Bihar after independence.
Indian independence movement
The place where the revolutionary freedom fighter
Prafulla Chaki
Prafulla Chandra Chaki ( bn, প্রফুল্ল চাকী, ''Prafulla Chaki'' alias Dinesh Chandra Roy) (10 December 1888 – 1 May 1908) was an Indian revolutionary associated with the Jugantar group of revolutionaries who carried o ...
was martyred is marked by a
shaheed
''Shaheed'' ( , , ; pa, ਸ਼ਹੀਦ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); ...
gate. People commemorate the anniversary of his death every year.
Lalldin Saheb is yet another well known freedom fighter from Mokama who contributed in freedom struggle and was sentenced to jail during British rule.
He worked for the welfare of the people of Mokama throughout his life. Had major contribution in reopening the Bharat Wagon Engineering Company of Mokama that is source of income of thousands of families.
Transport
Mokama is connected to all the major cities of India by rail and road. Hathidah is the junction point of
NH 80 and
NH 31.
Mokama Junction
Mokama railway station also known as Mokameh station, station code MKA, is a railway station in Danapur division of East Central Railway. Mokama is connected to metropolitan areas of India, by the Delhi–Kolkata main line via Mugalsarai–P ...
is the railway station.
Demographics
,
Mokama had a population of 84,129. Males constituted 52.2% of the population and females 47.8%. Mokama had a literacy rate of 96.4%, higher than the state average of 61.80%. 94.34% of the population were Hindus, with the remaining 5.66% from ethnic minorites. 5.11% of the population were Muslims. Male literacy was around 99% while female literacy was 93.8%.
8,995 people were aged 0 to 6, constituting 14.82% of the population. The literacy rate of 72.79% was higher than the state average of 61.80%. The female sex ratio was 880 against the state average of 918. Moreover, the child sex ratio in was 869 compared to the state average of 935.
Villages
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Mokama Ghat
Mokama Ghat is a village about four kilometres east of Mokama on the bank of the river Ganga in Bihar, India.
Importance
The Hindi word "Ghat" means "bank of a river which is used by people for bathing or transportation of passengers and goods" ...
*
Samya Garh, Bihar
Samya Garh is a village in the Ghoswari block of the Patna district in Bihar, located 12 kilometres south-west of Mokama.
The main occupation is agriculture and the main crops are lentils and peanuts. Laxmi Narayan Mandir is the centre of Hindu ...
*
aunta chandravhan tola
References
{{Patna Division
Cities and towns in Patna district
Neighbourhoods in Patna