| Mokama | |
| Other Name: | Mokma or Mokameh |
| Settlement Type: | town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Bihar |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bihar, India |
| Coordinates: | 25.3898°N 85.9191°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | india |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
| Subdivision Name2: | Magadh |
| Subdivision Name3: | Patna |
| Government Type: | Municipal Council |
| Governing Body: | mayor, gram panchayat (in village area) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 48 |
| Population Total: | 202411 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 803301,803302,803303 |
| Area Code: | +91-6132 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Registration Plate: | br-01 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1000/892 ♂/♀ |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | ETh (Köppen) |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, and Magahi |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | 96.4% |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Munger, mokama vidhan sabha |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | Mokama(183) |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Precipitation |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | 1000mm |
Mokama is a town and a municipal council of Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located 90km (60miles) east of Patna on the southern banks of the river Ganges. Mokama is the connecting town of north and south Bihar and has 2nd highest amount of lentil production in India. It emerged as an industrial area in State of Bihar after independence.
The place where the revolutionary freedom fighter Prafulla Chaki was martyred is marked by a shaheed gate. People commemorate the anniversary of his death every year.Lalldin Saheb is yet another well known freedom fighter from Mokama who contributed in freedom struggle and was sentenced to jail during British rule.He worked for the welfare of the people of Mokama throughout his life. Had major contribution in reopening the Bharat Wagon Engineering Company of Mokama that is source of income of thousands of families.
Mokama is connected to all the major cities of India by rail and road. Hathidah is the junction point of NH 80 and NH 31. Mokama Junction is the railway. Mokama is also connected with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Waterway_1 https://iwai.nic.in/waterways/national-waterways/national-waterways-1
,[1] Mokama had a population of 84,129. Males constituted 52.2% of the population and females 47.8%. Mokama had a literacy rate of 96.4%, higher than the state average of 61.80%. 94.34% of the population were Hindus, with the remaining 5.66% from ethnic minorites. 5.11% of the population were Muslims. Male literacy was around 99% while female literacy was 93.8%.8,995 people were aged 0 to 6, constituting 14.82% of the population. The literacy rate of 72.79% was higher than the state average of 61.80%. The female sex ratio was 880 against the state average of 918. Moreover, the child sex ratio in Mokama was 869 compared to the state average of 935.
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