Anandnagar

Anandnagar is a city and a nagar panchayat in Maharajganj district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated near NH 29. It is about 45 km from Gorakhpur, 40 km from Siddharthnagar, 30 km from Maharajganj and 55 km from Sonauli Indo-Nepal Border. This place is named after Seth Anandram Jaypuriya. There is closed sugar Mill which was started in about 1935 and closed in 1995.GeographyAnandnagar is located at. It has an average elevation of 88 metres (288 feet). Anandnagar has many colleges and schools. SAJIC is the oldest Intermediate college of Anandnagar established in 1943 where the students gets quality education with a great sports facilities. Other colleges are LBS Intercollege (coeducational), GGIC for girls and MRD intercollege coeducational. There is football ground on SAJI college. All football players are trained by Gurusharan Pathik and there is some degree college like lBS degree college, JDM degree college and PSM college. There is a large railway station ANDN.DemographicsIndia census, Anandnagar had a population of 10,181. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Anandnagar has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.