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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in Bihar, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Jagban<br />
| official_name = Jagban East Gram Panchyat and Jagban West Gram Panchyat<br />
| native_name = जगबन<br />
| native_name_lang = mai<br />
| other_name = Jagwan<br />
| settlement_type = Rural<br />
| nickname = Joge-Van<br />
| mapframe = yes<br />
| mapframe-coordinates = {{Coord|26.3569274|N|85.8325757|E}}<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.3569274|N|85.8325757|E}}<br />
| subdivision_type = State<br />
| subdivision_name = Bihar<br />
| subdivision_type1 = District<br />
| subdivision_name1 = Madhubani<br />
| subdivision_type2 = Block<br />
| subdivision_name2 = Bisfi<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Country<br />
| subdivision_name3 = {{flag|India}}<br />
| named_for = [[Yajnavalkya]]<br />
| seat_type = Panchayat<br />
| seat = Gram Panchyat Raj<br />
| government_type = Mukhiya<br />
| governing_body = Panchayati raj<br />
| population_total = 10,744<br />
| population_demonym = [[Maithil]]<br />
| population_note = India Population Census 2011<br />
| demographics_type2 = Languages<br />
| demographics2_title1 = Official language<br />
*Mother language<br />
| demographics2_info1 = *Hindi<br />
*[[Maithili language|Maithili]]<br />
| postal_code_type = Postal Pin Code<br />
| postal_code = 847304<br />
| footnotes = Village of the Indian Philosopher Yajnavalkya<br />
}}<br />
'''Jagban''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]: जगबन ) also known as ''Joge-Van'' is a village in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of [[Bihar]]. It is believed to be the ''Tapobhumi'' of the Vedic sage [[Yajnavalkya]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=वैदिक काल के महान दार्शनिक और ज्ञाता थे महर्षि याज्ञवल्क्य |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-maharishi-yajnavalkya-was-a-great-philosopher-and-knower-of-the-vedic-period-7817667.html |work=Hindustan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Madhubani, Through the Ages: A Regional History of Madhubani|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Madhubani_Through_the_Ages.html?id=UWpuAAAAMAAJ#Joge|publisher=Image Impressions|date=2007|language=en|first=Iẓhār|last=Aḥmad|pages=14}}</ref> The village is located in [[Bisfi]] block of [[Madhubani district]] in [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} District Madhubani, Government Of Bihar {{!}} India |url=https://madhubani.nic.in/history/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |language=en-US}}</ref> It is around five kilometres distance by road from ''Kamtaul'' railway station of the East Central Railway. The village is divided into two Gram Panchyats, they are ''Jagban East'' and ''Jagban West''.<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
As of 2011, the number of families residing in this village is 2,346. The total population of the village is 10,744, of which 5,741 are male while 5,003 are females. The sex ratio of Jagban village is 871 females to 1000 males on average. Among children, this ratio is on average 884 females to every 1000 males. In 2011, the literacy rate of Jagban village was 39.3%, with literacy among males at 46.99% and 30.39% among females.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Madhubani district Census 2011 |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in |website=India Population Census 2011}}</ref><br />
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== Religious significance ==<br />
''Jagban'' village is believed to be the residence place of the Vedic sage [[Yajnavalkya]].<ref name=":0" /> It is believed that the sage Yajnavalkya did his tough penance devoted to [[Surya|Lord Suryanarayana]] in this village. In the ''Jagban West [[Gram panchayat|Panchayat]]''<ref>{{Cite news |title=ऋषि याज्ञवल्क्य महान व्यक्ति थे : डाॅ. जयशंकर |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/madhubani/news/rishi-yagnavalkya-was-a-great-man-dr-jayashankar-050118-4102168.html |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|language=hi}}</ref> of the village there is an ancient place related to the sage, known as [[Yajnavalkya Ashram]]. According to legend, Yajnavalkya founded his treatises [[Shatapatha Brahmana|Satapatha Brahmana]], [[Brihadaranyaka Upanishad]] and [[Yajurveda|Shukla Yajurveda]], etc. at this village. On the occasion of [[Yajnavalkya Jayanti|Yajnavalkya Janmoshtav]], huge devotees gather here for paying tributes to the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya. There is a temple called as ''Shree Yogeshwar Yajnavalkya Mandir'' in the campus of the [[Yajnavalkya Ashram]], built in the memory of [[Yajnavalkya]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-12 |title=बिहार में रहते थे राजा जनक के पुरोहित, शास्त्रार्थ में थे सबसे बड़े ज्ञानी |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/dharm/rishi-yagyavalkya-settled-here-priest-of-king-janak-know-interesting-things-related-to-the-sage-8312276.html |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=याज्ञवल्क्य आश्रम के विकास की जरूरत - |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-8948481.html |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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