Dagarua

Dagarua is a town and a notified area in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a block and village panchayat located near NH 31 in Purnia. It is situated 15 km East of Purnia City. It comes under seemanchal region. It consists of one police station. It has a total population of 2,21,229 in which male are 1,14,933 and female population of 1,06,296 and children is 45,940. It has a literacy rate of 37.39%. It has sex-ratio of 48 out of 52 males.Dagarua blockThere are eighteen Panchayats in Dagarua Block. It consists of the following:There are one hundred forty villages under Dagarua Block.Dagarua PanchayatDagarua,Harkheli sishya, Mohammadia Bahadurpur, Soti, Ladhua, Uadharna are the villages that come under Dagarua Panchayat.GeographyDagarua is situated beside NH 31 road which is a main lane to connect Purnia to Siliguri (West Bengal). It is situated 15 km EAST from Purnia and 150 km WEST from Siliguri. Nearby cities are Purnia, Katihar, Kishanganj, Araria and so many. Purnia Junction Railway Station is very near to dagarua. This railway station connects the main railway stations like Katihar, Jogbani and Saharsa so that people go to other places conveniently through this route. A large number of people are dependent on agriculture.