Dheng
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Dheng
Dhang | |
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Village | |
 View towards west from Baghmati Bandh | |
  Dheng Location in Bihar, India  Dheng Dheng (India) | |
| Coordinates:26°43′N85°20′E/ 26.72°N 85.33°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Sitamarhi |
| Block | Suppi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Maithili,Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30(IST) |
| PIN | 843315 |
| Telephone code | (91)6226 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Nearest city | Sitamarhi |
| Lok Sabhaconstituency | Sheohar |
| Vidhan Sabhaconstituency | Riga |
Dhengis a village inBihar,India. It is situated 25 km. away towards west fromSitamarhion the bank of theBagmati River,which is connected to the rest of the district center via broad-gauge rail network. It has: at the east side, the Maniyari and Vasant Gachhi Tola; to the west side, Bel, Bengahi and Adamwan; to the north side isNepaland Jamla; and to the south is Gamhariya and Kharahia tola.
Geographics
[edit]The average height of village from sea level is 75 Meters. There are four temples in the village, two of which are devoted to LordKrishnaand Hanuman. There is one primary school and a high school in the village with library facilities operated by children.
Dheng is the north-most village of India on the border withNepal.It happens to be the junction of Sitamarhi-Bairgania road link because riverBagmatiwhich flows through the village separates these two towns. Incumbent Chief Minister of Bihar,Nitish Kumarinaugurated Baghmati road bridge called Banshi-Setu on 12 July 2010. This bridge named after Banshi Shah who sacrificed his life on 20 November 1997 in the process of putting demand of this very bridge in front of Bihar government.[1]Prior to this, boat was the only source to cross the river for four-wheeler vehicles.
Popular life
[edit]Most of the people are involved inAgricultureandAnimal husbandry.Literacy rateof the village is quite low. There are now many primary schools and a high school in Suppi. The absence of secondary level small scale industry is main cause of poverty and unemployment of the village. A large number of youths works inDelhi,KolkataandPunjabas migrant labours.
Communication
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Dheng is connected to phone and electricity. Thepostal codeis 843315 andtelephone codeis (+91)6226. Reliance Jio, BSNL and Airtel are the available mobile service providers. The official homepage of Dheng can be found on following link.[2]This was one of the most flood prone villages ofSitamarhiback then but the problem no longer persists now.[citation needed]In older days Dheng Railway Station was situated in this village but later, because of problems with frequent floods, the station was moved to a nearby village called Barharwa, which is one and half kilometer away from the center of the village. The electrification of dheng railway station was fully completed in 2021.
References
[edit]- ^"Yahoo".Archived fromthe originalon 2 October 2011.Retrieved13 July2010.
- ^"dheng-sitamarhi.webs".Archived fromthe originalon 14 August 2011.Retrieved30 April2019.