Baghwa is a village situated in the south west corner of Saharsa district in the north Indian state of Bihar. It is a small village by population, but its area is not that small. This village is also known as IAS/IPS officer village. It is surrounded by two water channels, being Sathrath (which merges into the Ganges) and Balwa dhar (koshi) which part it from Khagaria.

Baghwa Tiger Village
village
Baghwa Location in Bihar, India Show map of Bihar Baghwa Baghwa (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25.47°N 86.28°E / 25.47; 86.28
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Founded by	MANMOD BABA
Named for	IAS/IPS OFFICER
Government
• Type	BIHAR GOVT.
Elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Maithili
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	852106
Telephone code	06478
Vehicle registration	BR
Sex ratio	1000 females per 1000 males ♂/♀ ♂/♀

Baghwa is part of Simri Bakhtiyarpur Block and khagaria constituency. Some of the neighbouring places include Mahishi (5 km north), bangaon, Chainpur, khajuri (2 km east) and Balwa Haat (3 km east). Baghwa is divided into three sections (sub blocks) namely Baghwa Gaon, Majhwa and Gopalpur.

Baghwa and its surrounding areas are part of the Kosi river basin.

Education

Colleges

• R.P.H.S INTER COLLEGE Baghwa

Schools

• Raam Padarath Ramayani High School[1]
• Middle School Baghwa

See also

• Saharsa – the municipality
• List of villages in Saharsa district

References

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