Panchobh Explained

Panchobh
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:India Bihar#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates:26.1221°N 85.8169°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Mithila
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name1:Bihar
Subdivision Name3:Darbhanga
Parts Type:Talukas
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2013
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:846001
Area Code:06272 260_ _ _
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Blank1 Name Sec1:Literacy
Blank1 Info Sec1:More Than Eighty (80) Percent
Demographics1 Info1:Maithili, Hindi, Urdu
Blank2 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Darbhanga
Blank3 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank3 Info Sec1:Bahadurpur

Panchobh is a village in Darbhanga District, Bihar, India. It is one of the largest villages in the Mithila Region by area and population. The town of Laheriasarai, the administrative headquarters of Darbhanga district, is eight kilometers to the east. The name of the village comes from the ancestor Sri Panchu Baba, who established the village.

Geography

Floods occur in the area in July and August, and cause damage. The main commerce of the village is agriculture.

Demographics

Maithili is the spoken language of Panchobh. Brahmin dominate the village population, and several other castes live in nearby villages. Other castes present in the village are: Rajput, Yadav, Dhanuk, Badhay (carpenter), Khatvay, Muslim, Nai, Dhobi, Kumhar and others. In Mahnauli, Rajputs are in the majority.

Transport

Panchobh is located beside State Highway 50 (SH 50), to Samastipur. Panchobh is also located alongside the National Highway 57 (NH 57) near Simri, which goes to Porbandar (Gujarat) and Guwahati, Assam. Panchobh is 8.5 km from Laheriasarai station, and 14 km from Darbhanga station.

Education

Panchobh has a high school, a middle school, a primary school, and a Saraswati Sishu Mandir.

Dev Narayan High School (DN High School) was established in the village in 1957, near the Rajwan of Dihrampur Village. The school is named after D.N. Jha (Birla), a local businessman.

Political representation

Panchobh is in the Darbhanga constituency. Gopalji Thakur of the BJP is the MP. Panchobh comes under Bahadurpur MLA constituency. Madan sahni of the JDU is the MLA since 2020.

Temples

Temples in Panchobh include:

Panchobh also has its own Shamashan Bhoomi behind Maa Durga Sthan.

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