Mirganj, Bihar

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Mirganj
Town
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Mirganj
Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 26°21′50″N84°21′50″E / 26.36377°N 84.36395°E / 26.36377; 84.36395 . [1]
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Government
 • BodyNagar parishad
Area
 • Total5.48 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Elevation
66 m (217 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total26,240
 • Density4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Hindi, Urdu [2]
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
841438 [3]
ISO 3166 code IN-BR
Vehicle registration BR-28
Lok Sabha constituency Gopalganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency Hathua

Mirganj is a town and a notified area in Gopalganj district in the Indian states of Bihar.

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Geography

It's located at 26°21′50″N84°21′50″E / 26.36377°N 84.36395°E / 26.36377; 84.36395 , [1] It has an average elevation of 66 metres (217 ft).It occupies an area of 5.48 square kilometres (2.12 sq mi). [4]

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census of India, This town had a population of 26,240, of which 13,427 are males while 12,813 are females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 4,015 which is 15.30% of total population of the town. [4] it had an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the state average of 61.8% with male literacy of 55.43%, and female literacy was 44.57%. [5]

Bhojpuri, Hindi is the locally spoken language here. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mirganj in Gopalganj, Bihar, BharatMap.in". BharatMap.in. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Benedikter, Thomas (2009). Language Policy and Linguistic Minorities in India: An Appraisal of the Linguistic Rights of Minorities in India. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN   978-3-643-10231-7.
  3. ↑ "Mirganj Pin code". citypincode.in. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 Page 33 (2011). "Census" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. 1 2 "Census" (PDF). 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021.


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