Madhubani, India

Madhubani is a city Municipal Corporation and headquarter of Madhubani district. Madhubani is situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It comes under Darbhanga Division. It is situated at 26 km northeast of Darbhanga City. The Madhuban Raj in Madhubani was created as a consequence.^[2] The word "Madhuban" means "forest of honey", from which Madhubani is derived, but sometimes it is also known as "madhu"+"vaani" meaning "sweet" "voice/language".^[3]

An iconic old temple known as Murali Manohar Mandir at the Babu Saheb Chowk in the city of Madhubani

Madhubani Mithila
District
Clockwise from top: Madhubani City skyline, Madhubani railway station, Kali Mandir, Police Line mandir, Hanuman Mandir, School Student.
Nickname:  Art City of Mithila
Madhubani Location in Bihar, India Show map of Bihar Madhubani Madhubani (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°21′07″N 86°04′19″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
Region	Mithila (region)
District	Madhubani
Founded by	Mahaveer Singh, A resident of Thengha Village
Government
• Type	Madhubani Municipal Corporation
Area
• Total	46.56 km2 (17.98 sq mi)
Elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	164,156
• Density	3,500/km2 (9,100/sq mi)
Demonym	Maithil
Languages
• Official	Maithili
• Additional official	Hindi, Maithili
• Regional Language	Maithili
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	847211 (Madhubani)[1]
Telephone code	06276
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR
Vehicle registration	BR-32
Sex ratio	1000/926 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Madhubani
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Madhubani, Bisfi
Website	madhubani.nic.in

Geography

Madhubani is situated about 35 km from the Nepal Border, 26 km from Darbhanga, 180 km from Patna and 100 km from Saharsa.

Madhubani Town is located at 26.37°N 86.08°E / 26.37; 86.08.^[4] It has an average elevation of 56 metres.

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census,^[5] Madhubani Town had a population of 166,285. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Madhubani Town has an average literacy rate of 58.62, against the national average of 62.39%: male literacy is 70.14%, and female literacy is 46.16%. In Madhubani Town, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Urban Haat

The first urban haat of Bihar have built in Araria Sangram of Madhubani district, which is known as Mithilahaat, which is a park in Madhubhani, made by the Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC) and inaugurated by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on January 11, 2023.

Trade

Laukaha is a nearby town close to the border of Nepalese town of Thadi. Laukaha in India and Thadi in Nepal are a part of one of the agreed route for Mutual Trade between India and Nepal and import and export to Nepal happen via Laukaha.^[6] Government of Nepal has set up a dedicated customs office in the town.^[7] and Government of India has set up a Land Customs Station with a Superintendent level officer.^[8]

Education

• Ram Krishna College
• Madhubani Medical College and Hospital
• Jagdish Nandan College

Notable people

• Nischalananda Saraswati , 145th Shankaracharya of the Govardhana Peetha at Puri.
• Bhogendra Jha
• Arknath Chaudhary
• Chandramani Datta
• Mahasundari Devi
• Sita Devi
• Ashish Jha
• Ganganath Jha
• Narendra Jha
• Sanjay Kumar Jha
• Sriram Jha
• Mangani Lal Mandal
• Ramprit Mandal
• Ram Prit Paswan
• Chaturanan Mishra
• Lalit Narayan Mishra
• Mohan Mishra
• Prem Chandra Mishra
• Maṇḍana Miśra
• Amrish Ranjan Pandey
• Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh
• Gajendra Thakur
• Vidyapati, Maithili poet
• Devendra Prasad Yadav
• Hukmdev Narayan Yadav
• Ashok Kumar Yadav
• Maithili Thakur