Covering a total area of 1788 sq km, Madhepura is located in the northeastern part of Bihar. Formed as a sub-division of Saharsa district in 1954, it has a population of 15, 24,596, according to the 2001 census. Situated on the banks of Koshi River, Madhepura shares its borders with Araria, Supaul, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Purnia and Saharsa districts.
Connected to all major cities through NH 31, the district comes under the meter gauge lines of Northeastern Railways. In the health and medical domain the place is developing steadily with its eight Sadar Hospitals, 146 Primary health Centers and 16 Animals Hospitals.
The district has 1, 36,646 hectares of land available for cultivation which is predominantly utilized for growing paddy, wheat, maize, sugarcane and Potato. Although there are five nationalized banks in the district but owing to lack of proper infrastructural provisions Madhepura has only eight Small Scale Industries.
Carved out of the famous Maurya Dynasty, Madhepura tells the historical saga of many ancient dynasties. Among them are the Bhant Community, the Great Rishi Shringi and the brave warrior Sikander Shah. Other prominent attractions of the place include:
* Chandi Asthan
* Singheswar Asthan
* Srinagar
* Ramnagar
* Basantpur
* Baba Karu Khirhar
The district is making benchmarks in the educational front with 834 Government Schools and one university at the district headquarters. Madhepura is consistently moving towards a positive future through implementing various integrated development plans and schemes.
Connected to all major cities through NH 31, the district comes under the meter gauge lines of Northeastern Railways. In the health and medical domain the place is developing steadily with its eight Sadar Hospitals, 146 Primary health Centers and 16 Animals Hospitals.
The district has 1, 36,646 hectares of land available for cultivation which is predominantly utilized for growing paddy, wheat, maize, sugarcane and Potato. Although there are five nationalized banks in the district but owing to lack of proper infrastructural provisions Madhepura has only eight Small Scale Industries.
Carved out of the famous Maurya Dynasty, Madhepura tells the historical saga of many ancient dynasties. Among them are the Bhant Community, the Great Rishi Shringi and the brave warrior Sikander Shah. Other prominent attractions of the place include:
* Chandi Asthan
* Singheswar Asthan
* Srinagar
* Ramnagar
* Basantpur
* Baba Karu Khirhar
The district is making benchmarks in the educational front with 834 Government Schools and one university at the district headquarters. Madhepura is consistently moving towards a positive future through implementing various integrated development plans and schemes.
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Bihar-districts
araria aurangabad banka
begusarai bhabua bhagalpur
bhojpur buxar darbhanga
gaya gopalganj jahanabad
jamui katihar khagaria
kishanganj luckeesarai madhepura
madhubani munger muzaffarpur
nalanda nawada paschim-champaran
patna purbi-champaran Purnia
rohtas saharsa samastipur
saran sheikhpura sheohar
sitamarhi siwan supaul vaishali
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