Barharia
Barharia is a Community development block and a town in the northern part of the Siwan District in the Indian state of Bihar. It is one out of 13 blocks located in Siwan Subdivision. Barharia is surrounded by Manjha Block to the North, Siwan Block to the South, Goriakothi Block to the East, and Thawe Block towards North. Mirganj, Siwan, Barauli, and Gopalganj are nearby cities. The total population of Barharia is 321,292 as of 2011 census and the total area of block is . Barharia town is the headquarter of this block. It was in the national news in 2001 when part of the block was flooded by the Daha River. Demographics of Barharia According to the 2011 Census of India the total population of Barharia block is 321,292. Out of which 164,179 are males and 157,113 are females. 68.93% people are literate. 67.14% people are Hindu and 32.57% people are Muslim in the block. Gram panchayats Barharia block is divided into 30 Gram Panchayats. See also *List of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Siwan District
Siwan district is one of the districts of Bihar state, India. Siwan town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Siwan district is a part of Saran Division since 1972. The district was previously also known as Aliganj Siwan after the name of Raja Ali Bux Khan. Siwan has historical and mythological importance attached to it. Member of Parliament from Siwan is Kavita Singh. The district occupies an area of . History Siwan district, situated in the western part of the state, was originally a sub-division of Saran district, which in ancient times formed a part of Kosala Kingdom. Siwan became a fully-fledged district when it was split from Saran in 1976. Siwan was a part of Banaras Kingdom during the 8th century. Sikandar Lodi brought this area under his kingdom in the 15th century. Babar crossed Ghaghra river near Siswan in his return journey. By the end of the 17th century, the Dutch came first; followed by the English. After the battle of Buxar in 1764, it became a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Siwan, Bihar
Siwan is a city and nagar parishad in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Siwan district and one of the urban settlements out of three in the district. It is located close to Uttar Pradesh. History The Siwan Municipal Council (SMC) was established in 1924. It was the subdivisional headquarters of Siwan subdivision under the old Saran district. It became district headquarters of the Siwan district when it was formed in 1972. Geography and climate Siwan city is located at coordinates Latitude and longitude. It is counted in one of the tarai region of Himalaya Mountain range. It has an average elevation of . Daha River, which is a small river, which floods in rainy season pass through the west of the town. The river starts drying up during the summer. The green area in Siwan is about (21%) of its area. The weather of Siwan is generally mild cool throughout the year and temperature falls down up to 4 °C in December and January but it is wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main and final Islamic prophet.Peters, F. E. 2009. "Allāh." In , edited by J. L. Esposito. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . (See alsoquick reference) " e Muslims' understanding of Allāh is based...on the Qurʿān's public witness. Allāh is Unique, the Creator, Sovereign, and Judge of mankind. It is Allāh who directs the universe through his direct action on nature and who has guided human history through his prophets, Abraham, with whom he made his covenant, Moses/Moosa, Jesus/Eesa, and Muḥammad, through all of whom he founded his chosen communities, the 'Peoples of the Book.'" It is the world's second-largest religion behind Christianity, with its followers ranging between 1-1.8 billion globally, or around a quarter of the world' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hindu Religion
Hinduism () is an Indian religion or ''dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global population, known as Hindus. The word ''Hindu'' is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, many practitioners refer to their religion as '' Sanātana Dharma'' ( sa, सनातन धर्म, lit='the Eternal Dharma'), a modern usage, which refers to the idea that its origins lie beyond human history, as revealed in the Hindu texts. Another endonym is ''Vaidika dharma'', the dharma related to the Vedas. Hinduism is a diverse system of thought marked by a range of philosophies and shared concepts, rituals, cosmological systems, pilgrimage sites, and shared textual sources that discuss theology, metaphysics, mythology, Vedic yajna, yoga, agamic rituals, and temple building, among other topics. P ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2011 Census Of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Census of India, Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register (NPR) was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indian residents by Aadhaar, Unique Identification Authority of India. The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 and 28 February 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.70%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of the census was 'Our Census, Our future'. Spread across 28 States of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daha River of South America
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Daha or DAHA may refer to: Places India * Daha, Karnal, a village in Karnal district of Haryana state of India * Daha, Bagpat, India Nepal * Daha, Bheri, Nepal * Daha, Karnali, Nepal Other places * Daha (modern Kediri, East Java), the capital of Kediri Kingdom in East Java Other uses * DAHA, the abbreviation for double affine Hecke algebra * ''Daha'' ("More"), a 2017 Turkish film, directed by Onur Saylak * Macro-Daha languages Duho is a proposed language family of South America, uniting two proposed genetic groupings, Hodi–SalibanRosés Labrada, J. E. 2015. Is Jodï a Sáliban Language? In: Workshop on historical relationships among languages of the Americas. Leiden ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gopalganj, Bihar
Gopalganj is a town, municipality and headquarters of Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. Geography Gopalganj Town occupies an area of .https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1015_PART_B_DCHB_GOPALGANJ.pdf Page 33 It is located at coordinates Latitude and longitude. It has an average elevation of . Gandaki River, which often causes flooding, flows southwards. Demographics 2011 Census of India, Gopalganj town had a population of 67,339, of which 34,603 are males while 32,736 are females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 10017 which is 14.88 % of total population of Gopalganj town. Female Sex Ratio is of 946 against state average of 918 and Child Sex Ratio in Gopalganj town is around 927 compared to Bihar state average of 935. Literacy rate of Gopalganj city is 80.66 % higher than state average of 61.80 % with male literacy of 86.92 % and female literacy rate of 74.07 %. Religion Majority of the people follow Hinduism (79.91%), followed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barauli, Bihar
Barauli is a town and a notified area in Gopalganj district in the state of Bihar, India. Geography Barauli is located at . It has an average elevation of .It occupies an area of . Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India, Barauli town had a population of 41,877, of which 20,806 are males while 21,071 are females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 7,095 which is 16.94% of total population of Barauli town. Barauli had an average literacy rate of 56.31%, lower than the state average of 61.8% with male literacy of 56.86%, and female literacy was 43.14%. See also * Barauli, Bihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Barauli Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. Overview In the district and a part of the Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency named Gopalganj, Barauli is a legislative assembly ... References {{Saran Division Cities and towns in Gopalganj district, India ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mirganj, Bihar
Mirganj is a town and a notified area in Gopalganj district in the Indian states of Bihar. Geography Mirganj is located at . It has an average elevation of .It occupies an area of . Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India, Mirganj town had a population of 26,240, of which 13,427 are males while 12,813 are females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 4,015 which is 15.30% of total population of Mirganj town. Mirganj had an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the state average of 61.8% with male literacy of 55.43%, and female literacy was 44.57%. Bhojpuri, Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ... is the locally spoken language of Mirganj. References Cities and towns in Gopalganj district, India {{Bihar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |