Saharsa
City and municipal corporation in Bihar, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a municipality in India. For its namesake district, see Saharsa district.
Saharsa is a city and municipal corporation in the Saharsa District in the eastern part of the state of Bihar, India. It is situated near the eastern banks of the Kosi River. It serves as the administrative headquarters for the Saharsa District and is also the Divisional headquarters of the Kosi Division.
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Saharsa | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 25.88°N 86.6°E / 25.88; 86.6 | |
Country | India |
State | Bihar |
Region | Mithila |
District | Saharsa |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal corporation |
• Body | Saharsa Municipal Corporation |
• Member of Legislative Assembly | Alok Ranjan Jha (BJP) |
• Mayor | Bain Priya Sanjiv Jha |
Area | |
• Total | 243.8 km2 (94.1 sq mi) |
• Rank | 2nd in Bihar |
Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 156,540[1] |
• Rank | 15th in Bihar |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi |
• Additional official | Urdu[2] |
• Regional | Maithili |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 852201-852154-852221-852127 (Saharsa)[3] |
Telephone code | 916478 |
ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
Vehicle registration | BR-19 |
Sex ratio | 933 females per 1000 males ♂/♀ |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Saharsa |
Website | saharsa |
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The name Saharsa originates from the Sanskrit word Sahasra Dhara meaning 'land of thousand river tributaries'.[citation needed] The regional language of the city is Maithili. Alongside Maithili, Hindi is widely understood and spoken.[4]