Kishanganj

Town in Bihar, India

Kishanganj

Town

Kishanganj

Kishanganj

Location in Bihar, India

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Kishanganj

Kishanganj (India)

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Coordinates: 26°04′46″N 87°56′14″E﻿ / ﻿26.07944°N 87.93722°E﻿ / 26.07944; 87.93722
Country|  India
State|  Bihar
Region| Mithila
District| Kishanganj
Population

(2021)

• Total

| 105,782
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

855107,[1] 855108[2][3]

Vehicle registration| BR-37
Literacy| 74.71%
Website| https://kishanganj.nic.in/
Ramzan River at Kishanganj

Kishanganj is a city and district headquarters of Kishanganj district in Purnia division of Bihar state in India.

## History

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Kishanganj, which was previously part of Purnia district, is part of the Mithila region.[4]

Mithila first gained prominence after being settled by Indo-Aryan peoples who established the Mithila Kingdom (also called Kingdom of the Videha).[5] During the late Vedic period (c. 1100–500 BCE), the kingdom of the Videha became one of the major political and cultural centres of South Asia, along with Kuru and Pañcāla. The rulers of Videha were called Janakas.[5]

The Mithila Kingdom was later incorporated into the Vajjika League, which had its capital in the city of Vaishali, which is also in Mithila.[6]

## Demographics

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As of the 2011 Census of India,[7] Kishanganj has a population of 105,782 of which male and female are 55,143 and 50,639 respectively.[7][8] Literacy rate of Kishanganj city is 73.46% higher than the state average of 61.80%. In Kishanganj, Male literacy is around 78.37% while the female literacy rate is 68.08%.[7][9] In Kishanganj, Total children (0-6) in Kishanganj city are 16,884 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 8,636 boys while 8,248 are girls. The children form 15.96% of the total population of Kishanganj City. It is one of the few districts where the population of Muslims are in majority.[7]

Religion in Kishanganj town

Religion |  | Percent
Hindus |

| 55.48%
Muslims |

| 42.67%
Jain |

| 1.07%
Christians |

| 0.30%
Sikh |

| 0.26%
Buddhist |

| 0.02%
No Religion |

| 0.24%

### Languages

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Languages spoken in Kishanganj City (2011)[10]

1. Hindi (42.7%)
2. Urdu (31.2%)
3. Surjapuri (7.55%)
4. Bengali (7.73%)
5. Maithili (4.30%)
6. Others (6.90%)

## Agriculture

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Agricultural produce from the district includes rice, wheat, arhar, masoor and jute. It is only one of the districts in Bihar to produce tea.[11]

## Climate

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Climate data for Kishanganj, Bihar

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 24.0
(75.2)  | 26.6
(79.9)  | 31.9
(89.4)  | 34.7
(94.5)  | 33.7
(92.7)  | 32.5
(90.5)  | 31.9
(89.4)  | 31.9
(89.4)  | 31.8
(89.2)  | 31.1
(88.0)  | 29.0
(84.2)  | 25.3
(77.5)  | 30.4
(86.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 9.8
(49.6)  | 11.6
(52.9)  | 15.9
(60.6)  | 20.6
(69.1)  | 23.6
(74.5)  | 25.2
(77.4)  | 25.7
(78.3)  | 25.4
(77.7)  | 24.8
(76.6)  | 21.8
(71.2)  | 15.2
(59.4)  | 10.7
(51.3)  | 19.2
(66.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches)  | 13
(0.5)  | 15
(0.6)  | 23
(0.9)  | 69
(2.7)  | 227
(8.9)  | 393
(15.5)  | 416
(16.4)  | 371
(14.6)  | 313
(12.3)  | 109
(4.3)  | 6
(0.2)  | 6
(0.2)  | 1,961
(77.1)
Average rainy days  | 2  | 2  | 3  | 8  | 15  | 20  | 21  | 20  | 18  | 8  | 1  | 1  | 119
Average relative humidity (%)  | 67  | 59  | 45  | 55  | 75  | 85  | 87  | 86  | 86  | 80  | 66  | 65  | 71
Source: en.climate-data.org

https://www.asracbo.org/

## See also

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* List of cities in Bihar
* List of districts in Bihar
* Mithila

## References

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1. ^ "PIN Code of Kishanganj Post office Kishanganj in Bihar". CityPincode.in. IFSC Finder. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
2. ^ "PIN Code of Kishanganj Bazar Post office Kishanganj in Bihar". CityPincode.in. IFSC Finder. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
3. ^ Kishanganj
4. ^ Thakur, Minni (22 July 2018). Women Empowerment Through Panchayati Raj Institutions. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 9788180696800 - via Google Books.
5. ^ a b Witzel, Michael (1989). Caillat, C. (ed.). Tracing the Vedic dialects in Dialectes Dans Les litteratures Indo-Aryennes. Paris: Fondation Hugot. pp. 13, 17 116–124, 141–143.
6. ^ Hemchandra, R. (1972). Political History of Ancient India. Calcutta: University of Calcutta.
7. ^ a b c d "Census of India: Search Details". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
8. ^ "District Informatics Center, Kishanganj, Bihar". Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
9. ^ "Welcome to Kishanganj District". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
10. ^ 2011 census data censusindia.gov.in
11. ^ "Unknown" (PDF). Retrieved 11 April 2022.

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Cities and towns in Purnia Division

Araria district|

* Araria
* Forbesganj
* Jogbani

Katihar district|

* Barsoi
* Katihar
* Kora
* Manihari

Kishanganj district|

* Bahadurganj
* Kishanganj
* Thakurganj

Purnia district|

* Banmankhi Bazar
* Kasba
* Purnia
* Bhawanipur Rajdham

See also|

* Purnia division topics

Cities and towns
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* Bhagalpur
* Darbhanga
* Kosi
* Magadh
* Munger
* Patna
* Saran
* Tirhut

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Rivers|

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Transport|

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Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Raiganj

Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

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See also|

* Cities and towns in Uttar Dinajpur district

Nearest towns|

* Siliguri
* Purnia
* Katihar
* Kishanganj

Education|

* Dalkhola High School
* Shree Agrasen Mahavidyalaya(Dalkhola college)

Surrounding areas outside Dalkhola|

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