Raniganj (Meriganj) | village, taluka headquarter

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Tehsil Raniganj, District Arariya, Bihar.
Raniganj is a large village located in Raniganj Block of Araria district, Bihar.
The Raniganj village has population of 5001 as per Population Census 2011.
Raniganj is a City in Raniganj Block in Araria District of Bihar State, India. It belongs to Purnia Division . It is located 27 KM towards west from District head quarters Araria. It is a Block head quarter.

Raniganj Pin code is 854334 and postal head office is Maryganj .

Bhorha ( 4 KM ) , Hansa ( 6 KM ) , Kharsahi ( 7 KM ) , Bagulaha ( 8 KM ) , Gunwanti ( 9 KM ) are the nearby Villages to Raniganj. Raniganj is surrounded by Bhargama Block towards west , Banmankhi Block towards South , Araria Block towards East , Forbesganj Block towards North .

Banmankhi Bazar , Araria , Forbesganj , Murliganj are the nearby Cities to Raniganj.

This Place is in the border of the Araria District and Purnia District. Purnia District Banmankhi is South towards this place .

Demographics of Raniganj

Maithili is the Local Language here. Total population of Raniganj is 3489 .Males are 1814 and Females are 1,675 living in 636 Houses. Total area of Raniganj is 798 hectares.
HOW TO REACH Raniganj

By Road

Araria is the Nearest Town to Raniganj. Araria is 30 km from Raniganj. Road connectivity is there from Araria to Raniganj.
By Rail

There is no railway station near to Raniganj in less than 10 km. How ever There are railway stations from Near By town Araria. Arariya Court Rail Way Station , Arariya Rail Way Station are the railway stations near to Araria. You can reach from Araria to Raniganj by road after . How ever Katihar Jn Rail Way Station is major railway station 75 KM near to Raniganj


RāniGanj is known as MaryGanj also, A place on the name of a beautiful British lady Mary who had died of Malaria whose husband was a British officer involved in encouraging to the North-eastern people of India for growing indigo ( NEEL ) in their fields. This is a marvellous but painic history which is reffered to the hindi novel "Maila Anchal" written by Phanishwar Nath Renu. .....Writtenby G.C. Poddar, Khajuri Hat(Araria Dist.), Bihar.
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Coordinates:   26°5'4"N   87°14'1"E

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  • its nice place in Bihar
  • It's a place, where we live
  • it is the place which i like the most.many beautiful memories are associated with Bengali Tola, RANIGANJ.
  • this is the most important place for me.... because this is my birth place.....
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