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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Forbesganj
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| settlement_type = City
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Araria district]]
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| named_for = Forbes
| government_type = [[Municipal Council]]
| governing_body = Forbesganj Municipal Council
| leader_title = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
| leader_name = [[Vidya Sagar Keshri]]
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| elevation_m = 46
| population_total = 3.51 lacs
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 854318
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91-6455-22****
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'''Forbesganj''' is a [[city]] with [[municipality]] in the [[Araria District]] (formerly [[Purnia District]] before 1992) in the state of [[Bihar]], [[India]], situated at the border of [[Nepal]].

| Notable people = Fanishwarnath Renu from Simraha (Forbesgsanj)

== History ==

The city was given its present name from its British district collector and municipal commissioner, '''Alexander John Forbes (1807-1890)'''. A.J. Forbes was a military adventurer and had taken part in the adventures of Northwest India. He was also in the team of Commissioner George Yule of Bhagalpur while fighting the rebels of 73rd native infantry. A.J. Forbes founded the Sultanpur estate and a number of indigo factories situated at different places in this district.. .

After the Independence the name was changed to Forbesganj. It is said that the British used this place for [[Indigo dye|Indigo]] farming. Still the remains of the British premises can be seen at the banks of the famous landlocked water body Sultan Pokhar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/araria/story-historical-and-sultan-pokhar-of-farbisganj-could-not-be-renovated-3631674.html|title= फारबिसगंज के ऐतिहासिक व सुल्तान पोखर का नहीं हो सका जीर्णोद्धार|website= Hindustan|language=hi |access-date=2020-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/araria-sultan-pokhar-in-farbisganj-15795091.html|title= सुल्तान पोखर: दो समुदायों की सदियों पुरानी आस्था का प्रतीक|website= Jagran|language=hi |access-date=2017-04-04}}</ref> This city is famous for its culture.

== Climate ==
This small city has hot and wet summers and cold and dry winters. This place has also got he record of having experienced coldest ever recorded temperature in Bihar at -2.1 °C.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

== Geography ==

Forbesganj is located at {{Coord|26.3|N|87.25|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/34/Forbesganj.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Forbesganj]</ref> It has an average elevation of 46 meters (150 feet). The Nepalese border is only 12 km away.

== Demographics ==

Forbesganj is a Nagar Parishad city in district of Araria, Bihar. The Forbesganj city is divided into 25 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Forbesganj Nagar Parishad has population of 50,475 of which 26,524 are males while 23,951 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 7512 which is 14.88% of total population of Forbesganj (Nagar Parishad). In Forbesganj Nagar Parishad, Female Sex Ratio is of 903 against state average of 918. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Forbesganj is around 963 compared to Bihar state average of 935. Literacy rate of Forbesganj city is 78.64% higher than state average of 61.80%. In Forbesganj, Male literacy is around 82.94% while female literacy rate is 73.83%.

== Architecture ==

The city is well planned with a central road, Sadar Road, which runs through the heart of Forbesganj. Most of the major shops are located on both the sides of this road. Another major road, Hospital Road, connects to the main bus stand; it passes through the other part of the city and joins to the highways.

== Administration and politics ==

Forbesganj Municipal Corporation is responsible for maintaining the city's civic infrastructure and carrying out associated administrative duties. '''Forbesganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' ([[Hindi language|Hindi]]: फारबिसगंज विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Araria district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Forbesganj was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title="General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg."}}</ref>

== Economy ==

In addition to its role as an educational and administrative place, the economy of this small city is fueled by fertilizer production, rice production, building and construction material supply, and other industry.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

=== Languages ===

The main language spoken over here is Maithili & [[Hindi]]. But, there are people who speak, [[Bhojpuri]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Marwari language|Marwari]] & Punjabi as well, etc.

== Education ==

There are several CBSE and State Board schools present in this city.
Some Senior Secondary schools are Mithila Public School (established in 1989), S.R.S Vidya Mandir, Delhi Public School Forbesganj, DAV Public School, Dev Gurukul Primary School and Sisu Mandir etc.<br> All [[College]]s of this city are under [[Purnia University]].
There is also an Engineering college present in the city named [http://mbit.in/ Moti Babu Institute of Technology]

== Media ==

Major daily Hindi news in Forbesganj include ''[[Dainik Jagaran]]'', ''[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]]'', ''[[Dainik Bhaskar]]'' and ''[[Prabhat Khabar]]''. Popular newsreporter Sitangshu Chowdhury lives here who works for Dainik Jagaran.

== Transport ==

=== Road ===

({{jct|NH|27|country=IND}} Formerly NH-57) and {{jct|NH|527|country=IND}} connects Forbesganj. Daily bus service is available from the [[Purnia]], [[Patna]], [[Siliguri]], [[Kolkata]], [[Bhagalpur]], [[Katihar]], [[Birpur]], [[Jogbani]], [[Saharsa]], [[Darbhanga]] & [[Muzaffarpur]].

=== Rail ===

Forbesganj Junction Railway Station lies on [[Barauni-Katihar section|Barauni-Katihar, Saharsa and Purnia sections]]. There are direct trains available to the major cities ({{rws|Delhi}}/{{rws|Kolkata}}, etc.) of the country, apart from local trains running between {{rws|Jogbani}} and {{rws|Katihar}}. The [[Barauni-Katihar section|Saharsa-Forbesganj section]] is under construction into [[Broad Gauge]].

=== Air ===

Historically Forbesganj had a functional military airport between 1934 to 1942 (active during World War II) and again during the 1962 war with China. On 10 June 1973 a Royal Nepal Airlines [[1973 Nepal plane hijack|DHC-6 Twin Otter Plane]] was hijacked en route to Kathmandu from Biratnagar. This airport has now fallen into disrepair and is not operational.

The nearest active airport to this place is [[Biratnagar]] (Nepal). Closest domestic airports are [[Darbhanga Airport]] in [[Darbhanga]], [[Bihar]] and [[Bagdogra Airport]] in [[Siliguri]], [[West Bengal]], both about 160 km away. [[Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport]] in the Bihar state's capital city [[Patna]] is approximately 300 km. away. From [[Bagdogra Airport]] it takes 3–4 hours to reach the city by road.

== References ==
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