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Surajgarha | |
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city | |
  Surajgarha Location in Bihar, India Show map of Bihar Surajgarha Surajgarha (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:25°15′N86°14′E / 25.25°N 86.23°E /25.25; 86.23 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Lakhisarai |
| Elevation | 104 m (341 ft) |
| Population (2011[1]) | |
• Total | 290,998 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Angika,Hindi,English,Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 811106 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Website | www.surajgarha.in |
Surajgarha is one of seven blocks inLakhisarai district ofBihar[2] consisting of 117 villages.[3] It lies on the banks of the Ganges River and is 17 km north-east of Lakhisarai.
Kajra Railway Station is the nearest major railhead.This is a small town located 32 km from Munger and 16 km from Lakhisarai, on NH-33.[4]
The weather here is of extreme type. Summer temperature stays at 40-45 C in day and Winters may see a drop till 5C. Heavy downpour is also experienced. The annual rainfall is 130 cm mainly in monsoons and winters due to Western Disturbances.
| Climate data for Surajgarha | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 32.6 (90.7) | 37.7 (99.9) | 38.9 (102.0) | 36.7 (98.1) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.4 (90.3) | 32.3 (90.1) | 31.5 (88.7) | 28.8 (83.8) | 24.7 (76.5) | 31.9 (89.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.2 (48.6) | 11.6 (52.9) | 16.4 (61.5) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.2 (77.4) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.1 (79.0) | 25.4 (77.7) | 21.8 (71.2) | 14.7 (58.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | 20.8 (69.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 18.9 (0.74) | 10.7 (0.42) | 11.4 (0.45) | 7.6 (0.30) | 33.3 (1.31) | 134.2 (5.28) | 305.8 (12.04) | 274.4 (10.80) | 226.9 (8.93) | 93.8 (3.69) | 8.9 (0.35) | 4.1 (0.16) | 1,003.4 (39.50) |
| Source 1: BBC Weather | |||||||||||||
| Source 2:IMD | |||||||||||||