Bagaha

Bagaha
Bagaha
Town
	Bagaha Location in Bihar, India
	Coordinates:27°08′N84°04′E/ 27.13°N 84.07°E
Country	BagahaIndia
State	Bihar
Government
• Body	District Magistrate
Area
• Total	378 km2(146 sq mi)
Elevation	135 m (443 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	113,012
• Density	1,049/km2(2,720/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi,Urdu
• Regional/Spoken	Bhojpuri
Time zone	UTC+5:30(IST)
PIN	845101
Telephone code	06251
Vehicle registration	BR22
Sex ratio	1.13♂/♀
Lok Sabhaconstituency	Valmiki Nagar
Vidhan Sabhaconstituency	Bagaha
Website	westchamparan.bih.nic.in

Bagahais a city and amunicipalityin the district ofPashchim Champaran^[2]in the state ofBihar,India. It is asubdivisionofPashchim Champarandistrict and is a Police District. It is located around 64 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of itsdistrict headquarters Bettiah.It is 294 km (183 mi) away from Bihar's state capitalPatna.

Demographics

As of 2011^[update]Indiacensus,^[3]Bagaha had a population of 112,634. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bagaha has an average literacy rate of 38%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 66% of the males and 34% of females literate. 19% of the population is under 6 years of age. Bagaha is located on the bank ofGandak Riverand near theValmiki Tiger Reserve.

Transportation

Bagaha railway stationis the main railway station of Bagaha and it is situated onMuzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main lineunder theSamastipur railway divisionofEast Central Railway zone.^[4]^[5] Otherwise, the main form of transportation is by road through the NH 727. The road extends towards other urban centers; from Bagaha to Patna, Bagaha to Bettiah, and Bagaha to Gorakhpur (U.P). Public transport is available from 4:00 Am to 9:00 PM.

References

^"Bagaha City Population Census 2011".
^http:// censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=245817^{[dead link]}
^"Bagaha City Population Census 2011".
^"Bagaha Railway Station (BUG): Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry".ndtv.Retrieved30 August2021.
^Mehrotra, Yash."Bagaha Railway Station Map/Atlas ECR/East Central Zone - Railway Enquiry".indiarailinfo.Retrieved30 August2021.

[1] "Bagaha City Population Census 2011".

[2] ttp:// censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=245817^{[dead link]}

[3] "Bagaha City Population Census 2011".

[4] "Bagaha Railway Station (BUG): Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry".ndtv.Retrieved30 August2021.

[5] Mehrotra, Yash."Bagaha Railway Station Map/Atlas ECR/East Central Zone - Railway Enquiry".indiarailinfo.Retrieved30 August2021.

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