Sonpur (Bihar)
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| State : | Bihar | ||
| District : | Saran | ||
| Location : | 25 ° 42 ' N , 85 ° 9' E | ||
| Height : | 54 m | ||
| Residents : | 37,776 (2011) | ||
Sonpur (also Sonepur ; Hindi : सोनपुर , Sonapur ) is a city in the east Indian state of Bihar . It is located in the Saran district and has 33,389 inhabitants (2001) (3,355 in 1901), of which 53.4% are men and 47.6% are women. The literacy rate is around 60% (Indian average: 59.5%), with 70% for men and 48% for women.
In Sonpur there is also a departmental headquarters of the East Central Railway Division of the Indian State Railways . The station has one of the longest platforms in the world (about 736 m long).
Sonpur is known for its 15-day animal market (originally mainly elephants and horses ), which was moved from Hajipur to the other bank of the Gandak River to Sonpur at the time of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb . The market itself is on the shores of the southern of the city river Ganges held where pilgrims also use the market to the Hariharanath Mahadeo temple pujas to perform since the temple according to faith by the god Rama on his way to the court of King Janaka built has been.
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.census2011.co.in
- ↑ Census 2001 ( Memento from June 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, 2nd A., 26 vol., Oxford 1908–1931
- ↑ Description of the market at http://www.bharatonline.com (English)