Begusarai
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Begusarai is a city and a municipal council
in Begusarai district
in the state of Bihar
, India
. Begusarai had traditionally been a communist stronghold and it was earlier also referred to as the Leningrad of Bihar
.
Com. Chandrashekhar Singh's father Ramcharitra Singh was a cabinet minister in the ministry of the first chief minister of state, Late Dr. Srikrishna Singh - popularly known as Sri Babu in common parlance. Ramcharitra Singh had resigned from his ministry and has also quit the Congress Party for his political differences with the then chief minister Sri Babu. It was considered as a great rebellion in Congress Party at that time when Sri Babu was the most popular leader of the state and Congress Party has its influence over the masses during his tenure as chief minister.
But even at that time Ramcharitra Singh contested elections against Sri Babu's Congress Party nominee - one Mr Ahmed of Baro village and has defeated him. Such was the spirit of rebellion for which the district of Begusarai was once famous for.
Many national legends have emerged from this small district.One of them being Rai Bahadur Acchutanand Sahai and Comrade sukhdev singh(bandwar vil.).It is said that this man possessed extraordinary intelligence.This man had 1800 acres (7.3 km²) of land at that point of time and was literally the owner of half of Begusarai.The East India Company used to regard him a lot and used to take his decision before taking any step.There are many temples built in his name, so many social organisations created by him, this man was ready for any kind of help people needed without any reluctance whether it be in terms of money, property, daughters marriage etc.
Bihat village has gone down in the pages of history as "Bardoli of Bihar" for its rebellion against British Imperialism. British army had to face the wrath of the villagers at one time when it had reached to Bihat village to crush the satygrahis there who were fighting for the independence of India.
Com. Suraj Narain Singh and Rameshwar Singh of village Madhurapur of the district were one of the founders of the Communist movement in the district who led agricultural workers and share-croppers movements in Naokothi, Bakhri and other parts of the district. Rameshwar Singh also represented Barauni assembly segment in state assembly.
Suraj Da - as Com. Surajnarain Singh was popular among the masses, emerged as main architect of anti-Congress politics in the district and during his time he had the distinction of winning all the seven assembly seats of the districts. He had represented Balia Lok Sabha seat of the district thrice and died as a sitting MP.
However; following his death those who had inherited the leadership of Communist movement in the district from him proved themselves to be totally unworthy of leading a party.Today till 2005 elections CPI had two MLAs - one from Barauni and the other from Bakhri assembly segments which has now reduced to 1 after 2010 Bihar assembly election results. Now the party has only one MLA - Awadhesh Kumar Rai from Bachchwara assembly seat of the district. Incidentally Rai happens to be the lone CPI member in 15th Bihar Vidhan Sabha from across the state.
The politics of the district is now being dominated by the Mafias and CPI or for that matter not even the other political parties of the district is in a position to check criminalisation of politics in the district.
The situation so worsened that at one point of time the Balia Lok Sabha seat of the district was represented by a rank criminal like Suraj Bhan Singh of Mokama of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) who was later awarded life term for his being found guilty of killing Rami Singh of Madhurapur village while he was a sitting MP.
Dr. Sudhir Kumar, who is the first CSIR, JRF from G.D. College, Begusarai. He is the founder of CDRI Research fellow's Forum, Lucknow. Under his leadership flood rescue at bariyahi village of Madhepura district was done by CDRI Fellow's in 2008. Dr. Kumar got Ph.D. degree from Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedaker University, Agra. Dr. Kumar was the most well known Biology tutor in Begusarai. Manish Kumar is yet another CSIR research fellow from Begusarai who currently pursues his PhD from the prestigious Max Planck Society in Germany. He primarily focuses on Lung Diseases including Cancer and also works on the biology of Aging and Senescence. Prior to this he was a Researcher at University of Heidelberg in Germany and a PhD candidate at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. He is the alumni of Br. DAV School at Refinery Township Begusarai. He also is the founder of the largest biotech student forum of India called biotechdhaba(www.bioinc.info). He has widely been appreciated for his efforts to popularize science, biology in particular among Indian Students. Dr SaifS Rahman was honored as the youngest medical author in the world for the debut release Pharmacology Review by Saif SR released by Actress Shabana Azmi(900 pages, published by CBS Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi. He has done MBBS, MD, DCP, DEd and established Harrisons Human Rx Research Academy and Library in Janapansalla, Meghoul, Begusarai.He was director of the Board Of Secondary Education, MP and now working as Deputy Registrar of jamia Urdu, Aligarh who reformed the institution(www.pharmaindia.blog.com).
The District contains Asia's largest oxbow lake
, kabar Taal
which contains some of rare and endangered birds and is situated near Manjhaul village.
beginning with a declining mortality and continuing fertility to a stage where both mortality and fertility rates decline more or less at the same rate and keep the population stable over a period of time.
Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Begusarai has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
n Hindi
poet, essayist and academician, who is considered as one of the most important modern Hindi poets. Dinkar emerged as a rebellious poet with his nationalist poetry in pre-Independence days. His poetry exuded veer rasa, and he has been hailed as a Rashtrakavi
("National poet") evoking the spirit of nationalism on account of his inspiring patriotic composition. Dinkar was born in a poor Bhumihar Brahmin
family in Simariya village of Begusarai district in Bihar
.
Eminent Historian
Professor Ram Sharan Sharma
was born on 26 November 1919 in Barauni
Deorhi, Begusarai, Bihar
in a poor family.
The present Governor of Sikkim, India
, Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh
belongs to Bihat village of this district. He had served as union home secretary for long while he was in active service in Indian Administrative Cadre.
In Hindi literature district has produced noted Hindi Critique Murli Manohar Prasad Singh - a native of Barauni Deorhi village, Arun Prakash - a resident of Nipania village of district who had served as editor of the Sahitya Akademi literary magazine Samkalin Bhartiya Sahitya and a fearless revolutionary journalist of repute, Arun Kumar of village Madhurapur (Purbari Tola) who is presently associated with The Times Of India, Patna Edition. Pushpraj - a native of Manjhaul village of district - has recently emerged as budding Hindi writer from the district whose Hindi title Nandigram Diary published from Penguin (India) has made its presence felt in the Hindi literary world of India.
Arun Kumar is a known revolutionary trade unionist of the media industry in Bihar and is presently the Geneal Secretary of Bihar Working Journalists Union (BWJU) known in Hindi as Bihar Shramajeevi Patrakar Union, Patna. He is also the member of the national executive committee of the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) - an All India body of the Journalists.
Kumar also happens to be the Vice President of Bihar state chapter of Peoples' Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) who has worked more from behind the scene to organise Begusarai district unit of PUCL. Significantly Begusarai district unit of PUCL finds its place as one of the few hyperactive district units of this national human rights body - PUCL - across India. Kumar has been elected member of the Press Council Of India (XIth Term) on June 15, 2011.He has brought laurels to the state of Bihar by his entry into this prestigious statutory body.
Begusarai has also at one point of history has been known for its cultural activities. Begusarai unit of the Indian People's Theatres Association (IPTA) has been famous for its activities. Unfortunately it has now lost its sheen perhaps because of lack of any movement in the district. It was because of the Communist movement led by CPI in the district that the IPTA district unit was active. Dr. Piyush Gupta - a well known physician was the main architect behind the cultural activities. But after Dr Gupta leaving Begusarai for Patna the cultural movement started dying down.
Late Commd Y.N singh the first Indian Naval pilot was also from Begusarai. He was the son of Late eminent lawyer Sri Narayan Singh.
Bindeshwari Singh was known for his divine singing voice and his mesmerizing art of rendering stories from Indian mythology. People knew him as a rare gift of God for them. He was from Bihat village of this district.
Noted Folk dancer Sudama Ji, singer Sitaram Singh, Ajit Kumar Akela and innumerable other drama actors, singers, dancers and sculptors has remained associated with Begusarai when the cultural movement was alive there in the district. However; sadly all this has now declined remarkably. At the moment no one who does not know about the cultural background of the district could even imagine of such a glorious past.
People mainly speak a local variant of Maithili
, called Dakshin Maithili (South Maithili, locally called Thethi).
Sub Divisions: Begusarai, Manjhaul, Ballia, Bakhari, Teghara
Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy. 88.33% people depend upon agriculture. Main cash crops of the district are oilseeds, tobacco, jute, potato, red chilies, tomato and andi.
Natural water sources : Begusarai district is located in the middle Ganga plain. Main rivers are Burhi Gandak, Balan, Bainty, Baya and Chandrabhaga.
Kaver Jheel: Kaver Jheel one of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes, also famous for bird sanctuary.
Minerals : No minerals of economic importance
Irrigation : Mostly by Tubwells
ranjeet
. Most prominent colleges are Ganesh Dutt College, Cooperative College, Mahila College, A.P.S.M.College Barauni.
Some of the renowned schools are, BSS Inter Collegiate High School, BP High School, RTS Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Behind G.D. College), St. Paul's School, DAV Barauni, B R DAV (IOC), KV IOC, DAV Itwa Nagar, Cyberschool,Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,R.K.C.High school Barauni, RKH School Chhourahi Bakhadda & Baro Middle School (STD-1873) in world famous Village BARO. etc.S.V.R.H School,Teghra,Omar High School,Teghra,R.B.S.College,Teyai
Dr. Anandi Shankar Singh has taken over as Principal St. Joseph Public School,Begusarai w.e.f. July, 2011. Dr. Singh is an M.A in English. He has done his Ph.D in English on "P.B. Shelley as a Playwright" from the Bhagalpur University. He obtained an integrated bachelor's degree in Arts and Education from the Regional College of Education,Bhubneshwer, And a training from N.C.E.R.T,New Delhi affiliated to Utkal University. Besides he is a recipient of the University gold medal(Twice). He had the privilege of being declared the best University debater and awarded a gold medal at the annual convocation of the Utkal University held in the year 1969. Dr. Singh had the privileged of the teaching English to senior secondary classes for about two and a half decades in Kendriya Vidyalaya scattered over different parts of the country.Contact:M:09431425771
Municipal council
A municipal council is the local government of a municipality. Specifically the term can refer to the institutions of various countries that can be translated by this term...
in Begusarai district
Begusarai District
Begusarai District is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Begusarai town is the administrative headquarters of this district.-Etymology:The name of the district apparently comes from "Begum" + "Sarai"...
in the state of Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Begusarai had traditionally been a communist stronghold and it was earlier also referred to as the Leningrad of Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
.
Recent history
Begusarai has a distinction of sending Comrade Chandrashekhar Singh of the Communist Party Of India (CPI) as the first left member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Barauni Assembly constituency. When Singh was elected for the state assembly The Statesman of Kolkata has made the headlines "Red Star over Bihar". He hailed from local Bihat village of Begusarai district and was son of his illustrious father Ramcharitra Singh. Barauni assembly seat was still being retained by the CPI even today continuously since 1962. However; in 2010 Bihar Assembly Elections CPI nominee, Ram Ratan Singh lost this prestigious seat - which has now been rechristened as Teghra assembly seat by delimitation Commission - to rightwing Hindutva Party Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Lalan Kumar - a non-entity in politics till recently.Com. Chandrashekhar Singh's father Ramcharitra Singh was a cabinet minister in the ministry of the first chief minister of state, Late Dr. Srikrishna Singh - popularly known as Sri Babu in common parlance. Ramcharitra Singh had resigned from his ministry and has also quit the Congress Party for his political differences with the then chief minister Sri Babu. It was considered as a great rebellion in Congress Party at that time when Sri Babu was the most popular leader of the state and Congress Party has its influence over the masses during his tenure as chief minister.
But even at that time Ramcharitra Singh contested elections against Sri Babu's Congress Party nominee - one Mr Ahmed of Baro village and has defeated him. Such was the spirit of rebellion for which the district of Begusarai was once famous for.
Many national legends have emerged from this small district.One of them being Rai Bahadur Acchutanand Sahai and Comrade sukhdev singh(bandwar vil.).It is said that this man possessed extraordinary intelligence.This man had 1800 acres (7.3 km²) of land at that point of time and was literally the owner of half of Begusarai.The East India Company used to regard him a lot and used to take his decision before taking any step.There are many temples built in his name, so many social organisations created by him, this man was ready for any kind of help people needed without any reluctance whether it be in terms of money, property, daughters marriage etc.
Bihat village has gone down in the pages of history as "Bardoli of Bihar" for its rebellion against British Imperialism. British army had to face the wrath of the villagers at one time when it had reached to Bihat village to crush the satygrahis there who were fighting for the independence of India.
Com. Suraj Narain Singh and Rameshwar Singh of village Madhurapur of the district were one of the founders of the Communist movement in the district who led agricultural workers and share-croppers movements in Naokothi, Bakhri and other parts of the district. Rameshwar Singh also represented Barauni assembly segment in state assembly.
Suraj Da - as Com. Surajnarain Singh was popular among the masses, emerged as main architect of anti-Congress politics in the district and during his time he had the distinction of winning all the seven assembly seats of the districts. He had represented Balia Lok Sabha seat of the district thrice and died as a sitting MP.
However; following his death those who had inherited the leadership of Communist movement in the district from him proved themselves to be totally unworthy of leading a party.Today till 2005 elections CPI had two MLAs - one from Barauni and the other from Bakhri assembly segments which has now reduced to 1 after 2010 Bihar assembly election results. Now the party has only one MLA - Awadhesh Kumar Rai from Bachchwara assembly seat of the district. Incidentally Rai happens to be the lone CPI member in 15th Bihar Vidhan Sabha from across the state.
The politics of the district is now being dominated by the Mafias and CPI or for that matter not even the other political parties of the district is in a position to check criminalisation of politics in the district.
The situation so worsened that at one point of time the Balia Lok Sabha seat of the district was represented by a rank criminal like Suraj Bhan Singh of Mokama of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) who was later awarded life term for his being found guilty of killing Rami Singh of Madhurapur village while he was a sitting MP.
Dr. Sudhir Kumar, who is the first CSIR, JRF from G.D. College, Begusarai. He is the founder of CDRI Research fellow's Forum, Lucknow. Under his leadership flood rescue at bariyahi village of Madhepura district was done by CDRI Fellow's in 2008. Dr. Kumar got Ph.D. degree from Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedaker University, Agra. Dr. Kumar was the most well known Biology tutor in Begusarai. Manish Kumar is yet another CSIR research fellow from Begusarai who currently pursues his PhD from the prestigious Max Planck Society in Germany. He primarily focuses on Lung Diseases including Cancer and also works on the biology of Aging and Senescence. Prior to this he was a Researcher at University of Heidelberg in Germany and a PhD candidate at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. He is the alumni of Br. DAV School at Refinery Township Begusarai. He also is the founder of the largest biotech student forum of India called biotechdhaba(www.bioinc.info). He has widely been appreciated for his efforts to popularize science, biology in particular among Indian Students. Dr SaifS Rahman was honored as the youngest medical author in the world for the debut release Pharmacology Review by Saif SR released by Actress Shabana Azmi(900 pages, published by CBS Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi. He has done MBBS, MD, DCP, DEd and established Harrisons Human Rx Research Academy and Library in Janapansalla, Meghoul, Begusarai.He was director of the Board Of Secondary Education, MP and now working as Deputy Registrar of jamia Urdu, Aligarh who reformed the institution(www.pharmaindia.blog.com).
History
It was established in 1870 as a subdivision of Munger District. In 1972, it was given district status after a strong pressure on the government by Late Rai Saheb Bhubneshwari Sahai.This man had a charismatic personality and was the first person in the district to be awarded the prestigious title of Rai Saheb by the British.It is said that before independence Rai Saheb controlled the whole of politics of Begusarai, without whose permission no leaf would move.The name of the district apparently comes from "Begum" (queen)+ "Sarai" (inn). "Begum" of Bhagalpur used to come to the "Simaria Ghat" (holy place at Ganges bank) for a month of pilgrimage which later took slang form of Begusarai.Geography
Begusarai is located at 25.42°N 86.13°E. It has an average elevation of 41 metres (134 feet). It has an area of 1879 square km.The District contains Asia's largest oxbow lake
Oxbow lake
An oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off to create a lake. This landform is called an oxbow lake for the distinctive curved shape, named after part of a yoke for oxen. In Australia, an oxbow lake is called a billabong, derived...
, kabar Taal
Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary
The Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake at Begusarai, Bihar is Asia largest Fresh Water Oxbow lake ,It is Approx three times the size of the Bharatpur Sanctuary....
which contains some of rare and endangered birds and is situated near Manjhaul village.
Climate
Being part of the Gangetic plains of the Indian subcontinent, the district experiences three climatic seasons – the summer season from March to mid June, the monsoon season from mid June to October and the winter season from November to February. The month of February & March fall in the transitional season from winter to summer described as spring or “Basant”. Similarly the months of September & October falls in the transitional season from the monsoon season to the winter season and described as “Shishir”., m,,Demographics
The 2001 census count placed the Begusarai population at 23,42,989 as on the first of March. The population has grown at an annual average rate of 2.9%. There are many stages in the demographic transitionDemographic transition
The demographic transition model is the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system. The theory is based on an interpretation of demographic history developed in 1929 by the American...
beginning with a declining mortality and continuing fertility to a stage where both mortality and fertility rates decline more or less at the same rate and keep the population stable over a period of time.
Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Begusarai has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Culture
Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' (रामधारी सिंह 'दिनकर') (September 23, 1908– April 24, 1974) was an IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
poet, essayist and academician, who is considered as one of the most important modern Hindi poets. Dinkar emerged as a rebellious poet with his nationalist poetry in pre-Independence days. His poetry exuded veer rasa, and he has been hailed as a Rashtrakavi
Rashtrakavi
Rashtrakavi can refer to the titles awarded to the following poets:*Maithili Sharan Gupt*Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'*G. S. Shivarudrappa*Kuvempu*M. Govinda Pai*Kavi Pradeep...
("National poet") evoking the spirit of nationalism on account of his inspiring patriotic composition. Dinkar was born in a poor Bhumihar Brahmin
Bhumihar
Bhumihar or Babhan or Bhuin-har is a Brahmin Hindu community mainly found in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.- Varna status :...
family in Simariya village of Begusarai district in Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
.
Eminent Historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
Professor Ram Sharan Sharma
Ram Sharan Sharma
Ram Sharan Sharma was an eminent historian of Ancient and early Medieval India. He had taught at Patna University, Delhi University and the University of Toronto and was a senior fellow at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; University Grants Commission National Fellow...
was born on 26 November 1919 in Barauni
Barauni
Barauni is a town in the state of Bihar, India.Barauni was once an Industrial town in Begusarai district, Bihar. After the partition of the Jharkhand from Bihar, it had and still has the potential to become the industrial capital of Bihar....
Deorhi, Begusarai, Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
in a poor family.
The present Governor of Sikkim, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh
Balmiki Prasad Singh
Balmiki Prasad Singh is the present governor of Sikkim, India. He is a distinguished scholar, thinker and public servant. He was born on January 1, 1942 in Begusarai, Bihar.-Education:...
belongs to Bihat village of this district. He had served as union home secretary for long while he was in active service in Indian Administrative Cadre.
In Hindi literature district has produced noted Hindi Critique Murli Manohar Prasad Singh - a native of Barauni Deorhi village, Arun Prakash - a resident of Nipania village of district who had served as editor of the Sahitya Akademi literary magazine Samkalin Bhartiya Sahitya and a fearless revolutionary journalist of repute, Arun Kumar of village Madhurapur (Purbari Tola) who is presently associated with The Times Of India, Patna Edition. Pushpraj - a native of Manjhaul village of district - has recently emerged as budding Hindi writer from the district whose Hindi title Nandigram Diary published from Penguin (India) has made its presence felt in the Hindi literary world of India.
Arun Kumar is a known revolutionary trade unionist of the media industry in Bihar and is presently the Geneal Secretary of Bihar Working Journalists Union (BWJU) known in Hindi as Bihar Shramajeevi Patrakar Union, Patna. He is also the member of the national executive committee of the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) - an All India body of the Journalists.
Kumar also happens to be the Vice President of Bihar state chapter of Peoples' Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) who has worked more from behind the scene to organise Begusarai district unit of PUCL. Significantly Begusarai district unit of PUCL finds its place as one of the few hyperactive district units of this national human rights body - PUCL - across India. Kumar has been elected member of the Press Council Of India (XIth Term) on June 15, 2011.He has brought laurels to the state of Bihar by his entry into this prestigious statutory body.
Begusarai has also at one point of history has been known for its cultural activities. Begusarai unit of the Indian People's Theatres Association (IPTA) has been famous for its activities. Unfortunately it has now lost its sheen perhaps because of lack of any movement in the district. It was because of the Communist movement led by CPI in the district that the IPTA district unit was active. Dr. Piyush Gupta - a well known physician was the main architect behind the cultural activities. But after Dr Gupta leaving Begusarai for Patna the cultural movement started dying down.
Late Commd Y.N singh the first Indian Naval pilot was also from Begusarai. He was the son of Late eminent lawyer Sri Narayan Singh.
Bindeshwari Singh was known for his divine singing voice and his mesmerizing art of rendering stories from Indian mythology. People knew him as a rare gift of God for them. He was from Bihat village of this district.
Noted Folk dancer Sudama Ji, singer Sitaram Singh, Ajit Kumar Akela and innumerable other drama actors, singers, dancers and sculptors has remained associated with Begusarai when the cultural movement was alive there in the district. However; sadly all this has now declined remarkably. At the moment no one who does not know about the cultural background of the district could even imagine of such a glorious past.
People mainly speak a local variant of Maithili
Maithili
Maithili may refer to:* Maithili language, a language spoken in the eastern part of India and south - eastern part of Nepal and it is a second national language of Nepal. It belongs to the ancient Kingdom Mithila....
, called Dakshin Maithili (South Maithili, locally called Thethi).
Civic administration
| Administrative Division | |
|---|---|
| No. of Sub-Division | 5 |
| No. of Blocks | 18 |
| No. of Pancha | 257 |
| *No. of Revenue Villages | 1229 |
| *No. of Habitations | 1198 |
Sub Divisions: Begusarai, Manjhaul, Ballia, Bakhari, Teghara
Economy
Begusarai is the Industrial capital of Bihar also known as second capital of bihar. There are many Ancillary Industries here. The three main Industries are Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Barauni Thermal Power Station (BTPS),Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL).Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy. 88.33% people depend upon agriculture. Main cash crops of the district are oilseeds, tobacco, jute, potato, red chilies, tomato and andi.
| Type | Area (Hectare) |
|---|---|
| Total irrigated land | 74,225.57 |
| Forest | Nil |
| Orch. etc. | 5,000 |
| Kharif Paddy | 22,000 |
| Garma Paddy | 10,000 |
| Wheat | 61,000 |
| Irrigated |
|
| Wasteland and non arable | 2,118 |
Natural water sources : Begusarai district is located in the middle Ganga plain. Main rivers are Burhi Gandak, Balan, Bainty, Baya and Chandrabhaga.
Kaver Jheel: Kaver Jheel one of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes, also famous for bird sanctuary.
Minerals : No minerals of economic importance
Irrigation : Mostly by Tubwells
Transport
Begusarai is well connected to other parts of Bihar and India through railways as well as roads. New Delhi - Guwahati railway line passes through Begusarai. There is a small aerodrome in Ulao, five km from the district headquarters. Barauni Railway Junction holds major importance in east-central Bihar. A number of important trains originate from this station for major cities like Delhi, Guwahati, Amritsar, Varanasi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Chennai etc. Rajendra Setu on the Ganga is connected to Mokama and Hathidah. There are 18 railway stations in this district. Interior parts of the district are well connected to the main roads. The National Highways 28 and 31 link this district to the other parts of the country. Their total length is 95 km. State roads have a total length of 262 km. 95% of the all the villages are linked to the rural and urban road facilities.Transport area is also connected to hotels for customer stay.ranjeet
Educational institutions
All colleges are affiliated to L.N.Mithila University, DarbhangaDarbhanga
Darbhangā is a twin city and a municipal corporation and the capital city of the Darbhanga district and Darbhanga Division in the state of Bihar, India. It is one of the most important districts of North Bihar situated in the very heart of Mithilanchal. According to the latest 2011 census, the...
. Most prominent colleges are Ganesh Dutt College, Cooperative College, Mahila College, A.P.S.M.College Barauni.
Some of the renowned schools are, BSS Inter Collegiate High School, BP High School, RTS Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Behind G.D. College), St. Paul's School, DAV Barauni, B R DAV (IOC), KV IOC, DAV Itwa Nagar, Cyberschool,Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,R.K.C.High school Barauni, RKH School Chhourahi Bakhadda & Baro Middle School (STD-1873) in world famous Village BARO. etc.S.V.R.H School,Teghra,Omar High School,Teghra,R.B.S.College,Teyai
Dr. Anandi Shankar Singh has taken over as Principal St. Joseph Public School,Begusarai w.e.f. July, 2011. Dr. Singh is an M.A in English. He has done his Ph.D in English on "P.B. Shelley as a Playwright" from the Bhagalpur University. He obtained an integrated bachelor's degree in Arts and Education from the Regional College of Education,Bhubneshwer, And a training from N.C.E.R.T,New Delhi affiliated to Utkal University. Besides he is a recipient of the University gold medal(Twice). He had the privilege of being declared the best University debater and awarded a gold medal at the annual convocation of the Utkal University held in the year 1969. Dr. Singh had the privileged of the teaching English to senior secondary classes for about two and a half decades in Kendriya Vidyalaya scattered over different parts of the country.Contact:M:09431425771
Places to visit
- Kanwar Lake Bird SanctuaryKanwar Lake Bird SanctuaryThe Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake at Begusarai, Bihar is Asia largest Fresh Water Oxbow lake ,It is Approx three times the size of the Bharatpur Sanctuary....
which contains rare and endangered migratory birds and has a large Oxbow lakeOxbow lakeAn oxbow lake is a U-shaped body of water formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off to create a lake. This landform is called an oxbow lake for the distinctive curved shape, named after part of a yoke for oxen. In Australia, an oxbow lake is called a billabong, derived...
, Jai Mangla Temple (at Kanwar Lake), Nawlakha temple and Simaria's Ganga Bank (also known as the birth Place of India's National Poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar) are worth visiting.
External links
- http://begusarai.bih.nic.in/
- http://begusaraiheritage.com/history.html