Ramnagar, West Champaran

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Ramnagar
Town
Shiv Mandir Ramnagar pic credit : Apurv Shrivastva Shiv Mandir Ramnagar.jpg
Shiv Mandir Ramnagar pic credit : Apurv Shrivastva
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Ramnagar
Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 27°10′N84°19′E / 27.17°N 84.32°E / 27.17; 84.32
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Government
  TypeDemocratic
Elevation
85 m (279 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total249,102
Languages
  OfficialBhojpuri, Hindi, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
845106
ISO 3166 code IN-BR
Lok Sabha constituency Valmiki Nagar
Vidhan Sabha constituency Ramnagar
Website westchamparan.bih.nic.in

Ramnagar is a town and a notified area in Pashchim Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Ramnagar is situated on the border of India-Nepal and Bihar - Uttar Pradesh.

Contents

Demographics

Population

  Male (51.95%)
  Female (48.05%)

Residency

  urban (19.4%)
  Rural (80.6%)

As of 2011, India census, [1] Ramnagar had a population of 249,102 . Males constitute 51.95% of the population and females 48.05%. Ramnagar has an average literacy rate of 55.43%., lower than the national average of 59.5% : The male literacy rate is 52.83% and the female literacy rate is 36.15% in Ramnagar Block. 19% of the population is under 6 years of age. As per Census 2011 out of total population, 19.4% people lives in Urban areas while 80.6% lives in the Rural areas. The average literacy rate in urban areas is 66.4% while that in the rural areas is 52.7%. Also the Sex Ratio of Urban areas in Ramnagar Block is 907 while that of Rural areas is 929.

About

Religion-wise Population Ramnagar

ReligionTotalMaleFemale
Hindu184,918(74.23%)96,40988,509
Muslim63,023(25.3%)32,39530,628
Christian460(0.18%)224236
Sikh86(0.03%)4937
buddhist54(0.02%)2727
Jain30(0.01%)1614
Other religion3(0.00%)30
No religion specified528(0.21%)276252

Urban/Rural Population - Ramnagar

As per Census 2011, there are total 9,123 families under Ramnagar Block living in urban areas while 9,123 families are living within Rural areas. Thus around 19.4% of total population of Ramnagar Block lives in Urban areas while 80.6% lives under Rural areas. Population of children (0 – 6 years) in urban region is 8,146 while that in rural region is 39,558.

TotalUrbenRural
Population249,10248,411200,691
Children (0-6 year)47,7048,14639,558
Schedule Caste41,7743,98637,788
Schedule Tribe39,6321,30638,326
Literacy55.43%66.37%52.69%
Sex Ratio925907929

Working Population - Ramnagar

In Ramnagar Block out of total population, 97,049 were engaged in work activities. 64.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97,049 workers engaged in Main Work, 9,933 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38,972 were Agricultural labourer.

Working population
MALENumber
Main workers
47,171
Cultivator
08,689
Agrigulture Labour
28,115
Household industries
00,780
Other Workers
9,587
Marginal Workers
17,213
Non Working
65,015
Working population
FEMALENumber
Main workers
14,990
Cultivator
01,244
Agrigulture Labour
10,857
Household industries
00,289
Other Workers
2,600
Marginal Workers
17,675
Non Working
87,038

Tourism

Place to know in Ramnagar

Chitragupt Mandir

Chitragupt Mandir By Apurv Shrivastva Chitragupt Mandir.jpg
Chitragupt Mandir By Apurv Shrivastva

Chitragupta (Sanskrit: चित्रगुप्त, 'rich in secrets' or 'hidden picture') is a Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth and punish or reward them according to their Karmas. He is god of justice therefore known as Dharmaraja. Upon their death, Chitragupta has the task of deciding heaven or the hell for the humans, depending on their actions on the earth. Chitragupta Maharaj is the seventeenth Manasputra of Lord Brahma and thus, allotted the right to write Vedas like Brahmins with the duty of a Kshatriya (Chitragupta is the patron deity of Kayasthas, a Hindu caste of India and Nepal), because of which Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas are considered as Vedic Suryavanshi Brahmakshatriyas. Chitragupta is god of Kayasth.

Location : Near Busstand , Chitragupt mandir

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Nature

Pc: Apurv Sunset at Ramnagar.jpg
Pc: Apurv
Harinagar Station A.jpg

As described above the Nature in Ramnagar is hot in summers and cold in winter like the rest of Bihar.

Climate

The climate of Ramnagar is shown in the chart below. The temperature doesn't remain constant all the year as per chart but follows the climate changes throughout the year Ramnagar weather

Ramnagar
Climate chart (explanation)
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 
 
10
 
 
23
11
 
 
20
 
 
26
13
 
 
10
 
 
33
19
 
 
10
 
 
39
25
 
 
20
 
 
42
29
 
 
50
 
 
40
29
 
 
250
 
 
34
26
 
 
240
 
 
32
26
 
 
110
 
 
34
25
 
 
20
 
 
34
22
 
 
10
 
 
30
16
 
 
10
 
 
25
12
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: Ramnagar weather
Imperial conversion
JFMAMJJASOND
 
 
0.4
 
 
74
51
 
 
0.8
 
 
79
55
 
 
0.4
 
 
91
65
 
 
0.4
 
 
101
77
 
 
0.8
 
 
108
85
 
 
2
 
 
103
83
 
 
9.8
 
 
92
79
 
 
9.4
 
 
89
79
 
 
4.3
 
 
94
77
 
 
0.8
 
 
93
72
 
 
0.4
 
 
85
60
 
 
0.4
 
 
77
54
Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
Precipitation totals in inches
Climate data for Ramnagar (A)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)33.4
(92.1)
37.0
(98.6)
42.7
(108.9)
48.5
(119.3)
48.4
(119.1)
47.3
(117.1)
44.3
(111.7)
41.0
(105.8)
41.0
(105.8)
40.4
(104.7)
38.0
(100.4)
33.2
(91.8)
48.5
(119.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)23.7
(74.7)
26.9
(80.4)
32.9
(91.2)
38.8
(101.8)
42.1
(107.8)
40.0
(104.0)
34.2
(93.6)
32.0
(89.6)
33.7
(92.7)
34.3
(93.7)
29.9
(85.8)
25.3
(77.5)
32.8
(91.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)5.9
(42.6)
13.7
(56.7)
19.1
(66.4)
25.0
(77.0)
29.3
(84.7)
29.2
(84.6)
26.5
(79.7)
25.4
(77.7)
25.0
(77.0)
11.8
(53.2)
7.3
(45.1)
6.9
(44.4)
18.8
(65.8)
Record low °C (°F)1.7
(35.1)
4.5
(40.1)
8.6
(47.5)
14.0
(57.2)
20.0
(68.0)
18.8
(65.8)
20.4
(68.7)
18.4
(65.1)
16.4
(61.5)
14.1
(57.4)
7.1
(44.8)
3.8
(38.8)
1.7
(35.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)5.4
(0.21)
4.4
(0.17)
4.0
(0.16)
3.2
(0.13)
10.3
(0.41)
62.9
(2.48)
257.0
(10.12)
245.8
(9.68)
98.5
(3.88)
19.6
(0.77)
7.8
(0.31)
3.5
(0.14)
722.4
(28.46)
Average rainy days0.91.00.60.42.16.913.115.25.61.61.20.549.1
Average relative humidity (%)48382519234367745840414844
Source: Ramnagar weather, India Meteorological Department: (Ramnagar (A) record highs and lows up to 2010), [4] Monthly mean maximum and minimum temperature and rainfall (1961-2000) EDITED by: APURV SHRIVASTVA [5]

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