Jagban ( Maithili: जगबन ) is a village in the

Mithila region Mithila (), also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothil ...

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. It is believed to be the ''Tapobhumi'' of the Vedic sage

Yajnavalkya Yajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya (, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST:) is a Hindu Vedic sage prominently mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. 700 BCE) and Taittiriya Upanishad, ''Tattiriya Upanishad''., Quote: "Yajnav ...

. The village is located in

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block of

Madhubani district Madhubani district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India, and is a part of Darbhanga division. Its administrative headquarters are located in Madhubani. The district has an area of and has a population of 4,487,379 (as of 20 ...

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. It is around five kilometres distance by road from ''Kamtaul'' railway station of the East Central Railway. The village is divided into two Gram Panchyats, they are ''Jagban East'' and ''Jagban West''.

Demographics

As of 2011, the number of families residing in this village is 2,346. The total population of the village is 10,744, of which 5,741 are male while 5,003 are females. The sex ratio of Jagban village is 871 females to 1000 males on average. Among children, this ratio is on average 884 females to every 1000 males. In 2011, the literacy rate of Jagban village was 39.3%, with literacy among males at 46.99% and 30.39% among females.

Religious significance

''Jagban'' village is believed to be the residence place of the Vedic sage

. It is believed that the sage Yajnavalkya did his tough penance devoted to Lord Suryanarayana in this village. In the ''Jagban West Panchayat'' of the village there is an ancient place related to the sage, known as

Yajnavalkya Ashram Yajnavalkya Ashram (Sanskrit : याज्ञवल्क्य आश्रम) was a gurukul of the Indian philosopher Yajnavalkya. It is believed that Yajnavalkya got his enlightenment here. It is the place where he wrote many texts of Ancient ...

. According to legend, Yajnavalkya founded his treatises

Satapatha Brahmana The Shatapatha Brahmana (, , abbreviated to 'SB') is a commentary on the Śukla Yajurveda. It is attributed to the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya. Described as the most complete, systematic, and important of the Brahmanas (commentaries on the Vedas), it ...

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad The ''Brihadaranyaka Upanishad'' (, ) is one of the Mukhya Upanishads, Principal Upanishads and one of the first Upanishadic scriptures of Hinduism. A key scripture to various schools of Hinduism, the ''Brihadaranyaka Upanisad'' is tenth in the ...

and

Shukla Yajurveda The ''Yajurveda'' (, , from यजुस्, "worship", and वेद, "knowledge") is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals.Michael Witzel (2003), "Vedas and Upaniṣads", in ''The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism'' (Edito ...

, etc. at this village. On the occasion of Yajnavalkya Janmoshtav, huge devotees gather here for paying tributes to the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya. There is a temple called as ''Shree Yogeshwar Yajnavalkya Mandir'' in the campus of the

, built in the memory of

References

{{Reflist Villages in Madhubani district Mithila