Raghopur is a community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

  in Vaishali district

Vaishali District

Vaishali District is a district in Bihar state, India. It is named after the Vaishali . The history of Vaishali district is thus very ancient, and finds mention in the Indian classic Mahabharata, as well as in Buddhist and Jain tradition....

 of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

. Situated between two stream of Ganga river, this is a river island. It is connected to Patna

Patna

Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...

 by Pipa pul.

Geography

Surrounded by Ganga river from all side, Raghopur's land mainly consist of Alluvial soil. Every year this area gets submerged by water due to flood by Ganga. This has been helpful to Raghopur in way that flood also brings new layer of soil that makes this area fertile.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Raghopur had a population of 187,722. Males constitute 54% of the population. Raghopur has an average literacy rate of 33%.

Transport

Nearest town to Raghopur is Patna and Hajipur

Hajipur

Hajipur is the headquarters of Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous for producing bananas, and has a modern railway zonal office. Patna, the capital of Bihar is only 10 km from Hajipur...

. Nearest railway station is Khoosarupur. Nearest Airport is in Patna. There is only one road link that connects it to Fatuha. Apart from that Boat is majorly used to reach here.

Economy

Agriculture is main source of income for inhabitant of this river island. Main crop is Wheat, Rice, Maize, Tobacco etc. Raghopur people has a long tradition of joining army. Majority of service class is in defense forces. There are no industry situated in this area because of inaccessibility and poor transportation facility.

Education

Raghopur has many government school till 10th level. Higher education facility is not available, because of this reason lot of students migrate from this area and settle in Patna or Hajipur.

Administration

Raghopur is a block in Vaishali

Vaishali

Vaishali may refer to:* Vaishali , an ancient city located in current Vaishali District, Bihar, India* Vaishali district, a district in Bihar, India* Vaishali , a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar, India...

 District of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

. It is a state legislative constituency. Raghopur constituency has been represented by former chief minister Lalu Prasad yadav

Lalu Prasad Yadav

Lalu Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was the Minister of Railways from 2004 to 2009 in the ruling United Progressive Alliance government, and the President of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party...

 during 90s . For the past two terms of Bihar legislative assembly Rabri Devi

Rabri Devi

Rabri Devi served three terms as the Chief Minister, of Bihar, India, as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party, between 1997 and 2005...

has represented this area.