Sultanganj is a city located in the
Bhagalpur district
Bhagalpur district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Bhagalpur town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Majority of Bhagalpur district lies in South Bihar.
Geography
Bhagalpur district occupies an a ...
of the
India
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state of
Bihar
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. It is situated on the south bank of
Ganga
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river, 25 km west of Bhagalpur city at .
Demographics
As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sultanganj is 70%. Thus Sultanganj has a higher literacy rate compared to 63.1% of Bhagalpur district. The male literacy rate is 65.4% and the female literacy rate is 52.2% in Sultanganj.
Shravani Mela
Shravani Mela is a month-long festival that is celebrated in July - August of every year by devotees of Lord
Shiva
Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one o ...
.
Devotees from all over the world come to this holy place and start their 100+ KM journey to another shrine city of
Deoghar
Deoghar (pronounced ''Devaghar'') is a major city in Jharkhand, India. It is a holy sacred place of Hinduism. It is one of the 12 ''Jyotirlinga''s sites of Hinduism (Baidyanath Temple). The sacred temples of the city make this a place for p ...
in
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . I ...
over the foot.
See also
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Sultanganj Buddha
People from Sultanganj
*
Sanjay Jha, chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility
References
{{Bhagalpur Division
Cities and towns in Anga Desh
Cities and towns in Bhagalpur district