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Mokama Mokma or Mokameh | |
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  Mokama Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates:25°23′23.28″N85°55′08.75″E / 25.3898000°N 85.9190972°E /25.3898000; 85.9190972 | |
| Country | india |
| State | Bihar |
| Region | Magadh |
| District | Patna |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | mayor, gram panchayat (in village area) |
| Elevation | 48 m (157 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 202,411 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, andMagahi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 803301,803302,803303 |
| Telephone code | +91-6132 |
| Vehicle registration | br-01 |
| Sex ratio | 1000/892♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 96.4% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Munger, mokama vidhan sabha |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Mokama(183) |
| Climate | ETh(Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 1,000 millimetres (39 in) |
Mokama is a town and amunicipal council ofPatna district in theIndianstate ofBihar. It is located 90 km (56 mi) east ofPatna on the southern banks of the riverGanges. Mokama is the connecting town of north and south Bihar and has 2nd highest amount of lentil production in India. It emerged as an industrial area in State of Bihar after independence. It is one of the most important towns in the district of Patna.
The place where the revolutionary freedom fighterPrafulla Chaki was martyred is marked by ashaheed gate. People commemorate the anniversary of his death every year.Lalldin Saheb is yet another well known freedom fighter from Mokama who contributed in freedom struggle and was sentenced to jail during British rule.He worked for the welfare of the people of Mokama throughout his life. Had major contribution in reopening the Bharat Wagon Engineering Company of Mokama that is source of income of thousands of families.
Mokama is connected to all the major cities of India by rail and road. Hathidah is the junction point ofNH 80 andNH 31.Mokama Junction is the railway which is one of the important station in patna-Howrah Main line . Mokama is also connected with[1]https://iwai.nic.in/waterways/national-waterways/national-waterways-1
As of 2011[update],[1] Mokama had a population of 84,129. Males constituted 52.2% of the population and females 47.8%. 94.34% of the population were Hindus, with the remaining 5.66% from ethnic minorities. 5.11% of the population were Muslims. male literacy was around 99% while the female literacy was 93.8%.8,995 people were aged 0 to 6, constituting 14.82% of the population. The literacy rate of 72.79% was higher than the state average of 61.80%. The female sex ratio was 880 against the state average of 918. Moreover, the child sex ratio in Mokama was 869 compared to the state average of 935.
