Jogbani | |
Settlement Type: | town |
Pushpin Map: | India Bihar#India3 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bihar, India |
Coordinates: | 26.3961°N 87.2597°W |
Scale: | 250000 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Mithila |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Araria |
Governing Body: | Nagar Parishad |
Leader Title: | Chairman |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 67 |
Population Total: | 39281 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Regional |
Demographics1 Info1: | Maithili |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 854328 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 06455 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Araria |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Forbesganj |
Jogbani is a municipal council area, in Araria District of Bihar state, India. It lies on the Indo-Nepal border with Morang District, Koshi Zone and is a gateway to Biratnagar city. There is a customs checkpoint for goods at the border.
Jogbani is the economical town of Bihar situated in the eastern region having dense population of 34,891 since 2011 population. Jogbani city is near to Forbesganj, Bihar from northern part of it.
Jogbani railway station is the last railway station of Barauni-Katihar, Saharsa and Purnia sections. has a good connectivity to North India and East India. DEMU trains are available for and . Two express trains originate for and . People of Biratnagar and other nearby region of Nepal take their train from here because of no railway in their locality.
NH 527 starts from Jogbani that connects it to Forbesganj. Forbesganj is well connected to all part of India by NH 27. So, Jogbani has direct connectivity to Purnia, Katihar, Bhagalpur, Saharsa, Patna, Siliguri, Guwahati and Gorakhpur.