Mokama is a town and a

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Patna district Patna district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India. Patna, the capital of Bihar, is the district headquarters. The Patna district is a part of the Patna division. The Patna district is divided into 6 Subdivisio ...

in the

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. It is located east of

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on the southern banks of the river

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. Mokama is the connecting town of north and south Bihar and has 2nd highest amount of lentil production in India. It emerged as an industrial area in State of Bihar after independence. It is one of the most important towns in the district of Patna.

Indian independence movement

The place where the revolutionary freedom fighter

Prafulla Chaki Prafulla Chandra Chaki (, ''Prafulla Chaki'' alias Dinesh Chandra Roy) (10 December 1888 – 2 May 1908) was an Indian revolutionary associated with the Jugantar group of revolutionaries who carried out assassination attempt against British ...

was martyred is marked by a

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gate. People commemorate the anniversary of his death every year. Lalldin Saheb is yet another well known freedom fighter from Mokama who contributed in freedom struggle and was sentenced to jail during British rule. He worked for the welfare of the people of Mokama throughout his life. Had major contribution in reopening the Bharat Wagon Engineering Company of Mokama that is source of income of thousands of families.

Transport

Mokama is connected to all the major cities of India by rail and road. Hathidah is the junction point of NH 80 and NH 31. Mokama Junction is the railway. Mokama is also connected wit

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Demographics

, Mokama had a population of 84,129. Males constituted 52.2% of the population and females 47.8%. 94.34% of the population were Hindus, with the remaining 5.66% from ethnic minorities. 5.11% of the population were Muslims. Male literacy was around 99% while female literacy was 93.8%. 8,995 people were aged 0 to 6, constituting 14.82% of the population. The literacy rate of 72.79% was higher than the state average of 61.80%. The female sex ratio was 880 against the state average of 918. Moreover, the child sex ratio in Mokama was 869 compared to the state average of 935.

Villages

* Mokama Ghat * Samya Garh, Bihar

Notable people

* Shama Parveen, international

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, former Minister of Law of

* Surajbhan Singh, Indian Gangster and politician and former Member of Parliament

References

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