Raghunathpur is a
Community development block
In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...
and a town in district of
Siwan, in
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 ...
state of
India
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. It is one out of 13 blocks of
Siwan Subdivision. The headquarter of the block is at Raghunathpur town.
The total area of the block is and the total population of the block as of
2011 census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
is 157,694.
From Raghunathpur Andar is in north direction and same road leads to district head quarter Siwan.
North direction of Raghunathpur Holi river Sarju blows.
The block is divided into many
Gram Panchayat
Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...
s and villages.
Gram Panchayats
Gram panchayats of Raghunathpur block in
Siwan Subdivision,
Siwan district
Siwan district is one of the districts of Bihar state, India. Siwan town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Siwan district is a part of Saran Division since 1972. The district was previously also known as Aliganj Siwan after ...
.
*Badua
*Chakari
*Dighwalia
*Gabhirar
*Gopi Patiaon
*Karsar
*Khujwan
*Kushahara
*Narhan
*Nikhti kala
*Panjwar
*Phulwaria
*Raghunath pur
*
Rajpur
*Santhi
*Tari
Notable people
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Manoj Bhawuk
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Ramdev Singh
Ramdev Singh (8 October 1935 – 14 April 2022) was the first trade union leader (''mazdoor neta'') of Hindalco Industries Limited, Renukoot of Aditya Birla Group. He was popular among workers of Hindalco and other factories of Sonbhadra and ...
See also
*
Siwan Subdivision
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Administration in Bihar
Bihar is a state situated in Eastern India. It is surrounded by West Bengal to the east, Uttar Pradesh to the west, Jharkhand to the south and Nepal to the north.
History
Magadha, Anga and Vajjika League of Mithila, c..
Bengal Presidency
Bef ...
References
{{Blocks of Siwan district
Community development blocks in Siwan district