Islampur is a city and

Notified area A nagar panchayat () or 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 12,00 ...

Nalanda Nalanda (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: , ) was a renowned Buddhism, Buddhist ''mahavihara'' (great monastery) in medieval Magadha (Mahajanapada), Magadha (modern-day Bihar), eastern India. Widely considered to be am ...

district in the

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Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

. It is a city council and no of ward is 26 here.

Geography

Islampur is located at . It is situated from

Patna Patna (; , ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paṭanā''), historically known as Pataliputra, Pāṭaliputra, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, ...

, the capital of

state. It has an average elevation of . Islampur is not categorized as a

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; politically and demographically it lies between a

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and a

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, and is therefore called a

notified area A nagar panchayat () or 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 12,00 ...

. It has a

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, called Nagar Palika Now Upgradeded to Nagar Parisad (including Bardih, Kobil, Kasimpur, Bardih Math and Khedan Bigha village) in

, and is also known as Islampur Nagar Parisad. There are many villages like Sherthua, Patanbiha, and Pirbigha are connected with this town.

Transport

Islampur is well connected to Patna, the state capital, by roads and railway lines. Islampur railway station had a

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line since 1922, which was recently converted to a

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line. Islampur is connected directly to

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by the

Magadh Express The 20801 / 20802 Magadh Express is a superfast train running between New Delhi and . Its number is 20801/20802 and it departs from Islampur and reaches New Delhi the following day. In the past, its number was 2401/2402 and was run from the N ...

. A new train, the Hatia-Rajendra Nagar-Islampur Intercity Express, is also running. Currently two express trains and two passenger trains Patna-Islampur and Fatuha-Islampur Passenger(Formerly Buxar-islampur fast passenger) run on this track. It is also well connected from Gaya,

Rajgir Rajgir, old name Rajagriha, meaning "The City of Kings," is an ancient city and university town in the Nalanda district of Bihar, India. It was the capital of the Haryanka dynasty, the Pradyota dynasty, the Brihadratha dynasty, the Maurya ...

and

Biharsharif Bihar Sharif is the headquarters of Nalanda district and the fifth-largest sub-metropolitan area in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Its name is a combination of two words: ''Bihar'', derived from '' vihara'' (meaning monastery), also the nam ...

Nalanda by road. Bus fare are normally 50 rupees per head from Biharsharif and to Rajgir 60 rupee which is not too much fare, so people need a public transport for budget fare.

Demographics

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,Islampur City Population Census 2011 – Bihar
Census2011.co.in. Retrieved on 2016-07-20. Islampur is a Nagar Parishad city in district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Islampur city is divided into 19 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Islampur Nagar Parishad has population of 43,211 of which 18,356 are males while 17,285 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of Children with age of 0–6 is 6201 which is 17.40% of total population of Islampur (NP). In Islampur Nagar Parishad, Female Sex Ratio is of 942 against state average of 918. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Islampur is around 947 compared to Bihar state average of 935. Literacy rate of Islampur city is 75.36% higher than state average of 61.80%. In Islampur, Male literacy is around 81.83% while female literacy rate is 68.48%. Islampur Nagar Parishad has total administration over 6,088 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Nagar Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction. With economic growth, new businesses are setting up in the area. Vehicle dealerships have opened and a four-lane highway is under construction to

Durga Puja Durga Puja (ISO 15919, ISO: , ), also known as Durgotsava or Shaaradotsava, is an annual festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which pays homage to the Hinduism, Hindu goddess Durga, and is also celebrated because of Durga's victo ...

Deepavali Diwali (), also called Deepavali (IAST: ''Dīpāvalī'') or Deepawali (IAST: ''Dīpāwalī''), is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. It symbolises the spiritual ...

Holi Holi () is a major Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love and Spring.The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) p. 874 "Holi /'həʊli:/ noun a Hindu spring festival ...".Yudit Greenberg, Encyclopedia of Love in World ...

, Chhath Puja and

Ram Navami Rama Navami () is a Hindus, Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Ram, Rama, one of the most popularly revered deities in Hinduism, also known as the seventh avatar of Vishnu. He is often held as an emblem within Hinduism for being a ...

are the most popular Hindu ritual festivals. Moharram is the most popular Muslim festival.One of the Famous Urs of Hazrat Data Lodi Shah Diwan RA was celebrated on ''19 & 20'' (Hijri date) as 2 days in the Month of Muharram. Lodi Shah Diwan was the great grandson of Hazrat Syed Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar (makanpur shreef , Kanpur ) and a direct khalifa of Huzoor Jamaluddin Jaaneman jannati RA (Hilsa) . The Arrangements of Urs was arranged by the Family members of late Ali Imam Shah. List of Famous Dargah's in Islampur ''Hazrat Data Lodi Shah Diwan Rahmatullah'Alaih (Thana Campus)'' ''Hazrat Jamaluddin Darayi Rahmatullah'Alaih aka Daryai peer (Shahi Road Qabristan)'' ''Hazrat Syed Sondhe Shah Rahmatullah'Alaih (Near Karbala'') ''Hazrat Osman Gazi Rahmatullah'Alaih ( Malbigha near Hospital)'' ''Hazrat Syed Wilayat Ali Shah Rahmatullah'Alaih (Khanqah Sufiya)'' ''Hazrat Shaeed Burhan Shah Rahmatullah'Alaih (Near Badi Jama masjid)''

References

{{Nalanda district Cities and towns in Nalanda district