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Nasriganj — block — Coordinates Country India State Bihar District(s) Rohtas Nearest city dehri/sasaram Parliamentary constituency Karakat Assembly constituency Karakat Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Nasrignaj is a block situated in Rohtas District of Bihar, India.
Nasirganj takes its name from a Sufi name Mir Nasir Dehlavi, who came to the village in late 19th century. His mausoleum is situated at the center of Nasriganj. The village is situated on the banks of river "Sone".
There is a market place named Izhar Market in downtown Nasrignaj. This is a big market considering population of the village having more than 30 shops. This market is a big attraction for people coming from nearby villages. Apart from this market, there some more attractions for people nearby. There is a big vegetable and food grain market and produces like potatoes and rice are exported from this market. Beside this there is mini hydro power station on canal. There is one post office, telephone exchange and Nasriganj police station under Dy.S.P.
There are more markets in NASRIGANJ like "Aslam market". Many shops are there like the printing press in Nasriganj named KUMAR PRESS. The book stall which is about 40 year old KEDAR PUSTAK BHANDAR is in front of that market.
Main occupation of people of Nasriganj is farming. As this whole area is having one of the most Fertile Land of the country and is very well irrigated through Canal network. So as well connected via Road one side with Dehri-on-sone and other side with Bikramganj. The Son River is one the most widest River of the country and remains undried whole year. So as the name suggest River Son = Sona means Gold, it makes the people rich in terms of food and even enriching them in all aspects of life & is like Life line for the area. Son River is also one the most cleanest river till date in the entire World as there are no Industries & Major Cities in the upstream of this river, so in one way this river also help in terms of keeping a check on Ganga Pollution level(as this River is finally merged with Ganga near Patna for its final Journey to Bay of Bengal.
At present time a famous company is working it is called "BALOO GHAT" company. It is a mining company of "silicate" which is found in Sone River. Now at present time it is main source of income of this block. It is a contract based company but it has been changed all economic culture of this block. Late Md Mustakim Ansari has been a popular citizen of this village. He was migrated from Dhelabagh village which is situated 12 km distance from this block. "Ara Line" canal is life line of this block. Source of this canal is Sone River and passed through three districts of this area. 180 km long this canal is a basic source of irrigation water.
A very special sweet of Nasriganj is "Khoorma" and "laktho" made from cottage cheese.
There is a "GANDHI MAIDAN" nearby sone river. Children go there to play cricket and all other sports.
Categories:- Villages in Rohtas district
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