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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Red-light district in Bihar, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement <br />
| name= Chaturbhuj Sthan<br />
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| settlement_type = [[Neighborhoods in Muzaffarpur|Neighborhood of Muzaffarpur]]<br />
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| subdivision_type = Country<br />
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = City<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Muzaffarpur]]<br />
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| governing_body = [[Muzaffarpur Municipal Corporation]]<br />
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'''Chaturbhuj Sthan''' is a [[red-light district]] in [[Muzaffarpur]], a district in the state of [[Bihar]], India.<ref name="Outlook">{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/rani-begum-ex-courtesan-now-helps-heal-the-lives-of-her-sisters/216529 |title=Rani Begum, ex-courtesan, now helps heal the lives of her sisters |newspaper=OutlookIndia.com |date= |author= |access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref> The area is said to have existed since the Mughal period and is home to more than 3,500 sex workers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/even-sex-workers-did-not-lag-behind-in-human-chain-formation/articleshow/56707589.cms|title=Even sex workers did not lag behind in human chain formation - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India|date=22 January 2017 |access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref> It gained its name from the Chaturbhuj Sthan Temple located there. <br />
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The area has a problem with [[sex trafficking]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nair |first1=P. M. |author2-link=Sankar Sen (police officer) |last2=Sen |first2=Sankar |title=Trafficking in Women and Children in India |date=2005 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=9788125028451 |pages=366–367 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1xFnEyqFupUC&q=Chaturbhuj+Sthan&pg=PA366 |language=en}}</ref> The area is based around a kilometer long lane where female sex workers perform the [[Mujra]] dance for potential clients.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.in/story/bihar-diary-dying-art-forgotten-voters-muzaffarpurs-mujra-girls/1/511416.html|title=Bihar Diary: Dying art, forgotten voters - Muzaffarpur's Mujra Girls|website=India Today|date=31 October 2015|access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref><br />
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