Sugauli
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Sugauli | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Purvi Champaran |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 38,815 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Maithili, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Paschim Champaran |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sugauli |
| Website | eastchamparan |
Sugauli is a city and a notified area in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the setting for Rudyard Kipling's story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and the place where a treaty was signed with Nepal in 1816.
Demographics
As of 2011[update] India census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/801283-sugauli-bihar.html Sugauli town had a population of 38,815. Sugauli is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Purbi Champaran, Bihar. The Sugauli city is divided into 20 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Sugauli Nagar Panchayat has population of 38,815 of which 20,584 are males while 18,231 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 7810 which is 20.12% of total population of Sugauli (NP). In Sugauli Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 886 against state average of 918. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Sugauli is around 937 compared to Bihar state average of 935. Literacy rate of Sugauli city is 64.90% higher than state average of 61.80%. In Sugauli, Male literacy is around 73.45% while female literacy rate is 55.10%. Sugauli Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 7,480 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction. Sugauli is the part of SATYAGRAHA movement what GANDHI JI started from the Champaran, and that movement inspired a lot of youth at that time to contribute for this nation and few of them were LATE JANARDAN PANDEY from Sugauli, LATE LAXMI NARAYAN JHA, LATE BADRI NARAYN JHA, LATE NAND JI JHA, LATE UPENDRA JHA, LATE RAMESH CHANDRA JHA, LATE SUKHAM MISHRA from Phulwaria.
People
Panchayats
There are 16 Gram Panchayats in sugauli block.
Phulwaria
North Sugaon
South Sugaon
North Sripur
South Sripur
Bhataha
Bhargawan
North Chhapra Bahas
South Chhapra Bahas
Sukul Pakar
North Mansingha
South Mansingha
Mali
Panjiyarwa
Baghi
Karmawa Raghunathpur
villages
There are many villages in sugauli block. some of important villages are as follows: CHHAPWA: it connects motihari with bettiah via road.
SUGAON : Earlier it was a capitol of Tirhut region (as per Gazetteer)
BHATAHAN:
PHULWARIYA:
KORAYIAN:
and many small villages.
Transport
Sugauli is connected by road to Motihari, Bettiah and Raxaul towns. It has a railway station on the Gorakhpur-Narkatiaganj-Muzaffarpur railway line. It does not have an airport.
See also
References
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