Begusarai
Begusarai
Begushorai | |
|---|---|
City | |
| File:Bgs City.jpg | |
| Nickname: Land of Poetry | |
  Begusarai Location of Begusarai in Bihar  Begusarai Begusarai (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°25′N 86°08′E / 25.42°N 86.13°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| Region | Mithila |
| District | Begusarai |
| Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 251,136[1] |
| Language | |
| • Official | Maithili[2] |
| • Additional official | English[2] |
| • Regional Languages | Thēthi-Maithili |
| • Other | Bang-Maithili |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN CODE | |
| Telephone code | 06243 |
| Vehicle registration | BR-09 |
| Sex ratio | 0.9109 ♂/♀ |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Begusarai |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Begusarai |
| Website | begusarai |
Begusarai is the administrative headquarters of Begusarai district, which is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The district lies on the northern bank of river Ganga. It is located between latitudes 25.15N & 25.45N and longitudes 85.45E & 86.36E. It was established in 1870.
Geography
Begusarai is located at 25°25′N 86°08′E / 25.42°N 86.13°E.[5] It has an average elevation of 41 metres (134 feet). Begusarai lies in North Bihar and is surrounded by Khagaria in North-East, Munger in South-East, Patna in West and Samastipur in North-West.[6]
Begusarai lies in the middle of the mid Ganga plain and generally has low lying terrain with South to South Easterly slope.[7] Begusarai is basically divided in three flood plains namely :1) Ganga Flood Plain 2) Burhi Gandak Flood plain 3) Kareha-Bagmati Flood Plain.
Demographics
As per 2011 census Begusarai Municipal Corporation had a total population of 251,136, out of which 133,931 were males and 117,205 were females with sex ratio at 875. The population younger than 5 years of age was 37,966. The literacy rate of the 7+ population was 79.35%.[1]
Economy
Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy. The main cash crops of the Begusarai district are oilseeds, aniseed/ tisi, tobacco, jute, potato, red chilies, tomato and rape-seed. In Fruits Farming Begusarai has recently become a major contributor in producing Litchi, Mango, Guava and Banana. Recently Basil Leaves[8] and Pearl[9] farming has attracted local farmers.
Even today, only Barauni refinery contributes around Rs 500 crore[10] to the state exchequer yearly. Begusarai also has its own Airport in Dum Dum Begushorai,Ulao.[11]
Politics
Begusarai had traditionally been a communist stronghold and was once referred to as the "Leningrad of Bihar".[12][13]
Notable people
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, poet, freedom fighter, essayist.
- Balmiki Prasad Singh, writer,former IAS officer,former Governor of Sikkim
- Sriti Jha, actress
- Kranti Prakash Jha, actor and model
- Bhola Singh, politician (ex-home minister of Bihar,ex-education minister of Bihar,ex-deputy speaker of Bihar Vidhan sabha,ex-urban development minister of bihar, ex- M.P from Begusarai(2014-2019)and Nawada(2009-2014) district
See also
References
- ^ a b "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Begusarai Pin Code, Search Begusarai BEGUSARAI PinCode". www.citypincode.in. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Begusarai Pin Code". Ancal Pincode DataBase. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Begusarai, India". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Welcome to Begusarai !! District". www.begusarai.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ The Subsurface Geology of the Indo-Gangetic plains M.B.R Rao, 1973, no:-3, vol-14, Journal of the Geological Society of India, pp-217-242.
- ^ "Farming of Basil Leaves In Begusarai". Live Hindustan. LiveHindustan.com. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Pearl harvesting made this farmer a role model for others in his village". english.pradesh18.com. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Making of Begusarai was by choice, not accident - Times of India". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Dum Dum Begushorai,Ulao Airport." Live Hindustan.livehindustan.com". Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ N.K."Dhiraj" (23 March 2009). "ULB launches poll campaign". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
- ^ Begg, Yusuf (9 April 2019). "Lok Sabha 2019: Why is Begusarai called Leningrad of Bihar?". India Today. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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