Shivnarayanpur

Shivnarayanpur is a village in the kahalgaon block and under pirpainti vidhansabha seat of Bhagalpur district of Bihar, India.[1] It is one of the two villages credited as a single census town Madhura Siwanpur, the other being Mathurapur. As of 2001, the total population was 1054.

Traditionally, the village is known as Mathurapur. The name Shivnarayanpur came into being due to a goof up in naming of the railway station. It is also one of the biggest and oldest mandis for agriculture produce (mainly vegetables, pulses and jaggery) in Bihar. It is one of the biggest producer of Mango and Chili. In recent times the area has come up with vast acreage of mango cultivation and langra mangoes from here have a name and are much sought after in as far off markets as Kolkata and Bangladesh. Vikramshila vishwavidalya is situated near shivnarayanpur which is a national heritage maintained by archeological survey of India. The Ganga ghat known as bateishwernath is also situated near this village. The Mathurapur station or Shivnarayanpur station is named after Shivnarayn Ram, grandfather of Dr. A.K.Sinha who was revered as a King or "Raja" in Hindi, by the people of Mathurapur. Shivnarayn Ram who made Mathurapur famous for its originality, its mangoes, its chilies, by connecting it to the rest of the world through the Railways. Hence the obvious choice of the name: Shivnarayanpur.

A Food park is coming near the village under the MFPI scheme for which the government of Bihar has allocated 80 acres of land out of the 1600 acres acquired for an industrial growth center.

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References
  1. "Ganga Pump Canal" (PDF). Water Resource Department, Govt. of Bihar. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  2. "Population data - Village population". Census of India 2001. Govt. of India. Retrieved 30 November 2012.

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