Kahalgaon

Kahalgaon
Colgong
Town
Nickname: 
CITY OF 7th NTPC
Kahalgaon is located in Bihar
Kahalgaon
Kahalgaon
Location of Kahalgaon in Bihar
Kahalgaon is located in India
Kahalgaon
Kahalgaon
Kahalgaon (India)
Coordinates: 25°16′N 87°13′E / 25.27°N 87.22°E / 25.27; 87.22
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictBhagalpur
SubdivisionKahalgaon subdivision
BlockKahalgaon block
Assembly constituencyKahalgaon constituency and Pirpainti constituency
Ward17
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Area
 • Total297 km2 (115 sq mi)
 • Town6 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total55,000
 • Density190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Language
 • OfficialHindi[1]
 • Additional officialUrdu[1]
 • RegionalAngika[2]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationBR 10
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Kahalgaon (formerly known as Colgong during British rule) is a municipality Town and one of 3 sub-divisions of Bhagalpur district in the state of Bihar, India.[3] It is located close to the Vikramashila, that was once a famous centre of Buddhist learning across the world, along with Nalanda, during the Pala dynasty. The Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Plant (KhSTPP) is located near the town (3 km).Kahalgaon Was Capital (capital-in-exile) Of Jaunpur Sultanate (1494-1505).[4]

  1. ^ a b "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ Masica, Colin P. (9 September 1993). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Cambridge University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-521-29944-2.
  3. ^ Bose, Ruma (23 September 2019). Walking with Pilgrims: The Kanwar Pilgrimage of Bihar, Jharkhand and the Terai of Nepal. Routledge. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-000-73250-4.
  4. ^ Hussain, Ejaz (2017). Shiraz-i Hind: A History of Jaunpur Sultanate. Manohar. pp. 76–78.