Jogbani Explained

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.

Education

Bihar board

CBSE

Public utilities

List of Banks

Transport

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.

Rail

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.

Road

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.

See also

References

26.3961°N 87.2597°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jogabani Census. censusindia.gov.in . 15 September 2015.