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Paliganj
City
Paliganj Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 25°19′37″N 84°48′2″E / 25.32694°N 84.80056°E / 25.32694; 84.80056
Country	India
State	Bihar
Division	Patna
District	Patna
UA	Patna
Ward	16 wards
Established	1987
Government
• Type	Nagar Panchayat
• Body	Paliganj Assembly Constituency
•  Member Of Parliament (MP)	Ram Kripal Yadav ( BJP)
•  Member of the Legislative Assembly	Sandeep Saurav ( CPI(ML)L)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Languages
• Spoken	Magadhi, Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 ( IST)
PIN	801110
Telephone code	06135
Vehicle registration	BR-01

Paliganj is a city in Patna district, Bihar, India. It is one of the 6 sub-division ( Tehsil) of Patna district. At the census of 2011, Paliganj had a population of 254,904; the city is approximately 60 km (37 mi) from Patna.

Administration

The Paliganj sub-division ( Tehsil) is headed by an IAS or state Civil service officer of the rank of Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM).

Blocks

The Paliganj Tehsil is divided into 3 Blocks, each headed by a Block Development Officer (BDO). List of Blocks is as follows:

1. Paliganj
2. Dulhin Bazar
3. Bikram

Politics

Paliganj is part of the Paliganj Assembly constituency under the Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] Sandeep Saurav is the current MLA who defeated Jay Vardhan Yadav in 2020 Bihar Assembly Election. ^[2]

Notable people

• Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
• Jai Vardhan Yadav

Education

• Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College Paliganj
• Vishwanath High School, Chandhos

List of villages

The list of villages in Paliganj Block (under Paliganj Tehsil) is as follows:

References