Mirganj, Bihar

Mirganj
Town
Mirganj is located in Bihar
Mirganj
Mirganj
Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 26°21′50″N 84°21′50″E / 26.36377°N 84.36395°E / 26.36377; 84.36395.[1]
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictGopalganj
Government
 • BodyNagar parishad
Area
 • Total
5.48 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Elevation
66 m (217 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
26,240
 • Density4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu[2]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
841438[3]
ISO 3166 codeIN-BR
Vehicle registrationBR-28
Lok Sabha constituencyGopalganj
Vidhan Sabha constituencyHathua

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

Geography

It's located at 26°21′50″N 84°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]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Page 33 (2011). "Census" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b "Census" (PDF). 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021.


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