Raghopur, Vaishali
Raghopur is a community development block in Vaishali district of Bihar. Situated between two streams of the Ganges river, it is a river island. It is connected to Patna by Pipa pul.
Raghopur | |
|---|---|
Community development block | |
  Raghopur Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 25.56°N 85.35°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Vaishali |
| Government | |
| • Type | Community development block |
| Elevation | 46 m (151 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Maithili, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 844508 |
| Telephone code | 06224 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hajipur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Raghopur |
History
Raghopur island creation and history are much older than thought as recently Harappan-type bricks[1] from Raghopur Diara has been discovered by the landlord during digging for piling work to build a house at the Diara, around 10 km north of Patna, the landowner came across thousands of large bricks. He used some and kept the rest as samples out of curiosity. On 4 April 2017, the director of the state archaeological directorate, Atul Verma, visited the place and checked the samples. Vijay Kumar Choudhary archaeologist and executive director of Bihar Heritage Development Society confirmed Harappan bricks [2] were in the proportion of 1:2:4 in terms of thickness, width, and length. He said the state archaeological directorate's move was a step in the right direction to establish that human settlements existed in the area. Raghopur Diara is situated between Chechar in the north and Didarganj in the south, places of archaeological importance. Chechar in Vaishali is a Neolithic site, while remains from the Mauryan period have been found during excavations at Didarganj in Patna.
Geography
Surrounded by the Ganges on all sides, Raghopur consists mainly of alluvial soil. Every year this area gets submerged by water due to flood by the Ganges. This has been helpful to Raghopur in way that flood also brings new layer of soil that makes this area fertile.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[3] Raghopur had a population of 187,722. Males constitute 54% of the population. Raghopur has an average literacy rate of 33%. The villages in Raghopur includes Paharpur, Jurawanpur, Fatehpur, Birpur, Chaksingar, Rampur, Shiv Nagar etc. Among all Birpur is the largest village in this Block.
About Birpur
[4]Birpur is the largest village in Raghopur Block, people of this village are migrant Rjaputs from Rajsthan during Mugal Period. Birpur village named upon one of those migrant called Bir Singh from Jhodhpur. They all are from the same clan of Rathod (rathore) of Jhodhpur(Marwar). Nearest city of the Birpur is bakhtiyarpur and khushropur. Birpur panchayat has been divided into two panchayats known as birpur purbi(east) and birpur paschhimi(west). Local language of birpur is BAJJIKA. Most of the peoples of this village are farmers and they have long tradition of joining armed forces. It is also home to Freedom fighter Shri Rm Kishun Singh and one of the biggest Zamindar of Muzzafpur district (then in 1921) Shri Bhagwat Narayan Singh. Still his family members are biggest landlord of Raghopur having more than 1000 acres of land.
List of schools in birpur: 1. Govt. middle school, Fenuabad, birpur 2. Govt. middle school, Sengar tola, Birpur 3. Harizon middle school, birpur purbi 4. govt. High school, birpur 5. Shishu gyan shala, birpur, raghopur, vaishali
List of Temples in birpur: 1.Mahavireshwar nath mandir, uparki tola, birpur 2.Maa Kaali mandir, birpur purbi 3.janakeshwar nath mandir, birpur, Purbi 4.Maa durga mandir, saat gharr, birpu 5.Maa Durga mandir, birpur purbi 6.shiv mandir, uparki tola, birpur
List of Hospitals in birpur: There are no any hospital in birpur village. For better treatment peoples of this village used to go to nearest cities like bakhtiyarpur, khushropur, fatuha and patna. one Hospital APHC BIRPUR RAGHOPUR VAISHALI is there but doctor never comes to the hospital.
About Chaksingar
Chaksingar is a village in Raghopur Block in Vaishali District of Bihar, India. It belongs to Tirhut Division. It is located 27 km towards South from District headquarters Hajipur. 30 km from State capital Patna Chaksingar Pin code is 844508 and postal head office is Raghopur. Chaksingar is surrounded by Khusrupur Block towards South, Fatuha Block towards west, Bidupur Block towards North, Mahnar Block towards East. Fatwah, Mahnar Bazar, Bakhtiarpur, Hajipur are the nearby Cities to Chaksingar. This Place is in the border of the Vaishali District and Patna District. Patna District Khusrupur is South towards this place. Also it is in the Border of other district Nalanda .
Demographics of Chaksingar
Maithili is the Local Language here. The people of this village are migrant Rajputs(Chandela) from Mahotsava Nagar or Mahoba. They are regarded to be Chandravanshi; i.e., the descendants of Soma (Sanskrit literal meaning: moon).
RAMPUR :-
The Rampur Village within the Raghopur Block of the Vaishali District, belongs to the Tirhut Division in the State of Bihar, India. It is located about 1 km towards WNW from the Raghopur Block Office, at the geo coordinates of 25.62 Latitude/85.13 Longitude and a postal code of 844508.
The most famous village in the Diyara Islands, Rampur is the political centre of Raghopur and comes under the jurisdiction of its Police Station.
The people of the village have traditionally been working for the education and armed forces. There are several government and public educational centers in Rampur, the Rampur Government High School being one of the oldest and the largest in the community.
The mighty land of Rampur has been twice ravaged by the Great Ganges River in the last century. In spite of the perils it has produced many eminent doctors, engineers, teachers, social influencers and freedom Fighters such as -
>> Freedom Fighter & Secretary Saheb Jagat Narayan Rai
>> Freedom Fighter Yamuna Prasad Yadav >> Ex MLA Satish Kumar
>> Ex. Village Chief Bhubaneshwar Prasad Yadav who is the son of a freedom fighter and was honoured by the Government for resolving the most known theft of an elephant.
During early of 70s he had shorted out & brought back stolen elephant from Nepal for this Diyara island (Raghopur) and later he Awarded by NHS officer from Britain.
Yanardhan Pd Yadav -who is the son of freedom fighter and he is first and only one teacher who was honoured by the Indian President for great work in education sector over this Diyara island.
Captain Naveen Chandra -grandson of freedom fighter and first Master Mariner over this Diyara island.
About Fatehpur
The Fatehpur village is within the Raghopur Block of the Vaishali district, belongs to the Tirhut division in the State of Bihar, India. Raghopur police station and block office is situated in this village. The famous Mata Maharani Temple is also here.
Transport
Nearest town to Raghopur is Patna and Hajipur. Nearest railway station is Khoosarupur fatuha and Bankaghat. Nearest Airport is in Patna. There is only one seasonal road link (pipapul) that connects it to Patna, Fatuha. Apart from that Boat is majorly used to reach here.
Economy
Agriculture is main source of income for inhabitant of this river island. Main crop is Wheat, Rice, Maize, Tobacco etc. Raghopur people has a long tradition of joining army. Majority of service class is in defense forces. There are no industry situated in this area because of inaccessibility and poor transportation facility.
Education
Raghopur has many government school till 12th level. Higher education facility is not available, because of this reason lot of students migrate from this area and settle in Patna or Hajipur.
References
- Verma, Sanjeev Kumar (8 April 2017). "Harappa signs in bricks of Raghopur". Telegraph India. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- "Harappa bricks in Raghopura Diara" (PDF). Haryana Sarasvati Heritage Development Board. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- Area Profile of Raghopur sub-district of Vaishali district, Bihar state
- "birpur bihar 844508".