Mohania

Mohania
—  city  —
Mohania Location of Mohania in Bihar and India
Coordinates	25°02′N 83°42′E / 25.04°N 83.70°E / 25.04; 83.70Coordinates: 25°02′N 83°42′E / 25.04°N 83.70°E / 25.04; 83.70
Country	India
State	Bihar
District(s)	Kaimur (Bhabua)
MLA	chedi paswan
Population	30,507 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 76 metres (249 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 821109 • Telephone • +91-6187 • Vehicle • BR-45
Website	kaimur.bih.nic.in

Mohania (Hindi: मोहनिया, Urdu: موہنیا) is a city in Kaimur district in the state of Bihar, India. It is the sub-division of Kaimur district.

Geography

Mohania is located at 25°02′N 83°42′E / 25.04°N 83.70°E / 25.04; 83.70.^[1] It has an average elevation of 76 metres (249 feet).

Mohania is divided into wards. Here is the ancient famous Satti Devi mandir near railway station, White Hanuman mandir. Hanuman mandir is the biggest temple at station road. Here is a beautiful stadium near M.P. College. In the south, there is a river called Durgauti. Mohania is the hub of transport routes in Kaimur district.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[2] Mohania had a population of 30,507. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Mohania has an average literacy rate of 86%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 91% of the males and 59% of females literate. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The mother tongue of almost all the people in Mohania is Bhojpuri.

Transportation

Train

Mohania railway station is mostally known as "Bhabua Road" on the Howrah-New Delhi Grand Card in Mughalsarai region.

The statiion code is "BBU"

Train Number	Train Name	Origin	Destination	Frequency (inbound/outbound)
2801/02	Purushottam Express	New Delhi	Puri	Daily
2397/98	Mahabodhi Express	New Delhi	Gaya	Daily
2311/12	Kalka Mail	Kalka	Hawrah	Daily
2381/82	Poorva Exp	New Delhi	Hawrah JN	3 days
2818/17	Jharkhand Express	New Delhi	Hatia	3 days
3009/10	Doon Exp	Dehradoon	Hawrah JN	Daily
3151/52	Sealdah Exp	Jammu Tawi	Kolkata	Daily
2875/76	Neelanchal Exp	New Delhi	Puri	3 days
5109/10	BudhPurnima Exp	Varanasi Jn	Rajgir	3 days
2143/44	Dikshabhumi Exp	Gaya	Nagpur	Weekly
9305/06	Dikshabhumi Exp	Indore Jn	Hawrah	-
2175/76	Chambal exp	Hawrah	Gwalior	-
2177/78	Chambal exp	Hawrah	Agra ct	-

The Other main trains are

• Mumbai Mail,
• Asansol-Ahmedabad Exp,
• Jodhpur Exp,
• Garib Nawaj Exp,
• Ranchi Varanasi Exp
• Ranchi Garib Rath Exp
• Jharkhand swarana jayanti Exp
• Gaya Chennai Exp
• Ludhiyana Dhanbad Exp

There is an proposed railway line which will connect from Arrah to Mundeshwari via ramgarh - Mohania - Bhabua

The town is 180 km from Patna and 60 km from Varanasi by road.

Road

National Highway 2 (G.T. Road) crosses through the heart of the city.

National Highway 30 originates from this city and connect with the capital Patna via Arrah. Apart from these, there are also a few State Highways in the city. Mohania is connected to Bauxar via Ramgarh from the south and with Bhabua (district capital, Audhaura, Bhagwanpur) from the south.

Mohania Sub-division is situated on Gaya-Mughalsarai Section of Grand Chord Railway line; the railway station is called Bhabua Road. The district headquarter is located at a distance of 14 km southward from the railway station or the G.T. Road that is Bhabua.

Village of Manoj Tiwari A very popular Bhojpuri actor, singer is atarwalia. It is also 4 km from Mohania on NH 30 to Patna.

The famous temple mundeshawari devi is situated in kaimur district.The route for this temple goes through the mohania.If someone wants to go to this temple then he should arrive at Bhabua road station first then he may take the bus to go to mundeshawari devi temple.

The nearest Airport is at Varanasi.

Singh Sahib a famous socialist of Mohania.

Doctors

• Dr Kiran Singh, Aditya Diagonastic center, GT Road Mohania
• Dr Santosh Kumar Singh, Aditya Diagonastic center, GT Road Mohania
• Dr Vinod Singh, Station Road, Mohania
• Dr Bal Mukund Singh, Station Road, Mohania
• Dr Ravindra Narayan Singh, GT Road Mohania
• Dr.Praveen Kumar Singh,Village-Sarai,P.O.-Jandahan,P.S.-Ramgarh

Banks

• State Bank of India, Samiti Bazar, Mohania
• Punjab National Bank, opp Kaimur Hotel, GT Road Mohania,
• Union Bank of India, Ramgarh Road, Mohania
• Oriental Bank, Ramgarh Road,Mohania
• Bank of India, near Sahid baba, GT Road, Mohania
• Bank of Baroda, Station road, Mohania
• Madhya Bihar Grameen Bank (Bhojpur rohtas Gramin), Ramgarh Road, Mohania
• Bhabua Sasram Bank, Station road, Mohania

Hotels

• Hotel Kaimur Bihar (Bihar Tourism) (A.C. Occupancy), GT Road, Mohania
• Hotel Kamta sigasan, GT Road, Mohania
• Rameshwaram Hotel, Station Road, Mohania
• Radha Krishna Hotel Road Lines, in front of m.p.college ,GT Road MOHANIA
• hotel Maheshwari, G.T. Road, Mohania

Worship Place

• Mahawir swet Mandir (Hanuman), Chandani Chowk, Mohania
• Mahawir swet Mandir (Hanuman), Station Road, Mohania
• Sati Mandir, Station Road, Mohania
• Kali Mandir, Near D.A.V. School, junior branch, Mohania.
• Sahid Baba, near NH 30, GT road, Mohania
• Mosque -1, Sabji Madi, Mohania
• Mosque -2, Sabji Madi Railway crossing, Mohania

Show Room

Car

• Mahendra, four wheeler, G.T. Road, Mohania.

Bike

• Hero Honda Bike, Station Road, Mohania
• Bajaj 1, 2, Station Road, Mohania
• TVS, Chandani Chowk, Mohania
• Sujuki, Chandani Chowk, Mohania
• Kinitik, GT road, Mohania
• Rajdoot, GT road, rajesh

Tractor

• Fargusson, GT road, Mohania
• Taffe, GT road, Mohania
• Swaraj, GT road, Mohania
• Eicher, GT road, Mohania
• Mahindra, opp Kaimur Hotel, GT road, Mohania
• Balwan, GT road, Mohania

Tv

• LG, Station Road, Mohania
• Videocon, Station Road, Mohania

Mobile Network Providers

• BSNL (Telephone Exchange,with landline)
• Tata Docomo
• Airtel
• Aircel
• Reliance
• Reliance-Smart/Gsm
• Tata Indicom
• Idea
• Vodafone
• Virgin Mobile
• STel
• MTS

Education

International Organisations

TEDAP (Trust for Edupreneurship Development & promotion), New Delhi, has chosen Mohania as its hub for establishment of educational and social infrastructures in the near future. Numerous surveys for various social projects are under consideration. TEDAP has chosen Mohania because of its strategic location via; road, rail & air.

Colleges

• Maharana Pratap College
• Mahila College, Darwa
• Maharana Pratap B.Ed College

Schools

• Navodaya Vidyalyaya (Govt.), Darwa, Mohania (now in Chaurasia on Ramgarh Road)
• Sharda Brajraj High School (Govt.), Station Road, Mohania
• Santi Balika High school (for Girls) (Govt.), Station Road, Mohania
• R.B.S. School, Durga paraw, Mohania
• D.A.V.School (Mohania lkg to 5 standard) GT Road NH 2, Mohania
• D.A.V.School (Ratwar, Mohania 5 to 12 standard)
• Mother Sakuntala School, GT Road NH 2, Mohania
• Navdeep Academy, Darwa, Mohania
• Adarsh School, Darwa, Mohania
• S.P.P.S. School, Station Road, Mohania
• T.P.S. School, Mohania
• Point Education, Ramgarh road railway crossing, Mohania
• A.K.I. vidyalaya-Primary public school
• Urdu School, Sabji Mandi, Mohania
• Urdu School, Railway crossing, Sabji Mandi, Mohania
• Sanskrit School (Govt.), Court Road (Baouli pond, kachahari)
• Khushi Kids Play School, G. T. Road, Mohania, Kaimur
• Krishna Play School, Shivpur Colony, G.T Road, Mohania

Others Famous place

• Chandani chowk ( Heart of Mohania )
• Mundeshwari Gate
• kaimur dairy
• Civil Court (kachari)
• Durgawati river
• Rameshwaram Cinema Hall
• Samiti Bazar
• N.H. 2
• N.H. 30
• Ma sati mandir ( station road )
• Durga Paraw
• Jag jeevan Maidan
• Maharana Pratap Stadium
• Police Station
• Power grid (320000kv)
• Railway station (Bhabua road)
• Post office - 2
• Sub Division office
• mahavir sathan bhabua
• Idgah
• Red cross & HIV center
• Blood Bank
• samudaik bhavan akhori
• Dak Bunglow
• dr bhrigunath singh memorial hospital &diagnostic centre mohania
• dr mantu singh (dr bhrigunath singh memorial hospital)old check post mohania.

Occupation

The economy is dependent on agriculture, main occupation of the people here is Farming. The two crops which are cultivated here are Paddy and wheat.

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Mohania
2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.