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Warisaliganj is a city and a notified area

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 in Nawada district

Nawada District

Nawada district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Nawada town is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district was part of famous Magadh, Sunga and Gupta empires. It is located between historical districts of Nalanda and Gaya and falls under Magadha...

 in the India

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 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....

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History

Warisaliganj to the north of Nawada Town was founded by Waris Ali Khan, a member of the family Kamgar Khan. Warisaligang, the name is some time spelt Worseleygang from an erroneous belief that it was named after Mr. Worseley, a former Deputy Magistrate of Nawada.
Earlier it was a village called Chakdharampur.The village Dariyapur Parvati six miles north of Warisaliganj has ruins and relic of Kapotika Bodh Bihar . In the centre stands a famous temple of Avalokiteshwer. King Aditaysen founded the historical monuments in the village Apsarh that is visible even todayIt is said that during national movement Jawaharlal Nehru visited the place for donations. A place called JAWAHAR PARK had been made for the staging which is present nowadays also.http://nawada.bih.nic.in/

Geography

Warisaliganj is located at 25.01°N 85.63°E. It has an average elevation of 68 metres (226 feet).The area comes under one of the most fertile zones of the state with well irrigated lansscapes by sakri river and its canals system.

Demographics

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, Warisaliganj had a population of 31347. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Warisaliganj has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 57%, and female literacy is 43%. In Warisaliganj, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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Industry

It was one of the good place for sugar industry in Bihar few years ago. Nowadays this very famous sugar mill is closed due to unconsciousness of the leaders of the area.Some small scale industries are also present in different villages nearby.

Education

It is very famous place for education in the whole district of Nawada

Nawada

Nawada is a city and a municipality. It is also the headquarters of Nawada district in the Indian state of Bihar.-Geography:Nawada is located at . It has an average elevation of 80 metres...

 as many renowned schools and colleges are situated here.

'schools'

• S.G.B.K Sahu High School
• National High School
• Bandishankar Girls School (Founded by Sri Krisna Ballav Prasad Singh "KAPTAN")
• Swami Sahjanand middle school
• Shiksha Sindhu High School
• Vivekanand Public School
• Manas Bharti Residential Complex
• Blue-Bells Public school
• Jeevan Deep Public School

'colleges'

• S.N Sinha College
• Bandishankar Mahila Mahavidyalay (Founded by Sri Krisna Ballav Prasad Singh "KAPTAN")

S.G.B.K. Sahu High School is the leading school of the Nawada district in all manner like study,Sports& co-curricular activities.
There are a lot of I.A.S officers, engineers (including in IITs and NITs from S.G.B.K), doctors from this very school.

Transport

The area is well connected by all other parts of the state by roadways and railways. NH 31 is just 11 km by road connecting Patna and Ranchi. The other areas connected by roads are Nawada, Barbigha, Pakriwarama, Sheikhpura, Giriak etc.
It is also connected by the Indian Railway B.G line trough the Gaya-Kiul loop line of East Central Railway.Rickshaws and thelas are major means of local transport.

Language

Hindi, Magahi and Urdu are the main languages spoken in the area. Angika and Maithili are also used by some people.

People

The area is dominated by Bhumihar caste people,others including kurmi, Sahu-Bania, Brahmins, Yadavs, Muslim etc.

Market

The market consists of big and small merchants. Earlier the market was one of the famous Holesale Spot. Nowadays it is losing its shine. Tilkut is one of the famous sweets available here.

'Banks'

• State Bank of India
• Union Bank of India
• Punjab National Bank
• Oriental Bank Of Commerce
• Madhya Bihar Grameen Bank
• The Nawada Central CO-Operative Bank

Political

Warisaliganj is one of the legislative constituency of state of Bihar. The area consists of Pakriwarma and Kashichak blocks included. It also comes under the Nawada Lok Sabha constituency

Nawada (Lok Sabha constituency)

Nawada Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:Presently, Nawada Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:...

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