Saharsa
is one of one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar,
India. Saharsa town is the administrative headquarters
of this district.
Saharsa district is a part of a larger territory,
the Kosi Division and it became a district on 1
April 1954 and subsequently has become smaller with
other districts being carved form it, most notably
Madhepura in 1981.
Headquarters:
Saharasa
Area: 1,696
km?
Population:
Total: 1132413 Rural: 1052264 Urban: 80149
Sub Divisions:
Saharasa Sadar, Simri Bakhtiyarpur
Blocks: Nauhatta,
Simri bakhtiyarpur, Salkhua, Kahra, Mahishi, Sonbarsa,
Saurbazar, Patarghat, Sattar, Kateya, Banma Itahari
Agriculture:
Paddy
Industry: Jute
Factory
Rivers: Kosi,
Baghmati,
Villages: BARA[1],Teghra,
Bangaon, Chainpur, Parari, Soha, Sonpura, Ghazipeta,
Dumra, Garual, Mahisi, Patarghat, Panchgachhia<zory(chandrayan)
College: MLT
saharsa college, Sarva Narayan Singh college, R
M College, Saharsa College
The place surrounded on the west by the river Kosi
boasts an abundance of fish, milk, makhana aprt
from some exotic varieties of Mangoes and a summer
berry knwon as Litchi. The great saint "shree
shree 108 paramhans goswami laxminath" was
born in parsharma(Saharsa). His big ashram is located
in Bangaon and know as Babji Kuti.
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