Mashrakh

Mashrakh is a Block of Saran District in the western part of Bihar, India. It is located on the bank of ghoghari river.it is situated at 40 km from chhapra and 90 km from state capital patna.There are 17 Panchayats in Mashrakh Block.

Mashrakh is connected by train between Chhapra, Siwan and Gopalganj and by road, which is connected with Chhapra, Gopalganj & Siwan. Mashrakh used to be a well known business hub in Saran commissionaire. The city has a government hospital, veterinary hospital, police station, head post office, T.V transmission center, and a telecommunication technical hub. There are two Inter & Degree colleges in the block - Mashrak College, Mashark and Bahadurpur College, Bahadurpur, Mashrak Degree College, Mashrakh, & Ram Ekbal Singh college(Degree college) Bahadurpur . Bhojpuri/Hindi is used as a widely spoken language.

Banking Service in Mashrakh:-Central Bank,Mashrakh,SBI-Chainpur,Gramin Bank-Bahadurpur and Gramin Bank-Bansohi,Canara Bank-pakri .

Health services at Mashrakh- There are many prominent doctors are practicing at mashrakh .For many remotely located villages in saran,siwan and gopalganj districts,Mashrakh is only place where all the health care facilities are available. A primary health care centre is situated in Mashrakh .

Prominent doctors - Dr.Shailendra kumar singh(secretary-IMA Marhowrah) Dr.Sitaram pandey. Dr.H.K.Singh Dr.Gautam Singh Dr.Anil kumar. Dr.Manoj Kumar, Dr. Dinanath Pandit (Homeopathy Medical Officer, Govt. of Bihar), Dr. Harinandan Prasad (Homeopathy).

Railway station-Mashrakh station is situated on chhapra- thawe rail route.This route is currently undergoing broad gauge conversion,that is scheduled to be completed by next year.Another line,Mahrajganj-Mashrakh line will join at mashrakh railway station and after that mashrakh will be a railway junction.

Mashrak has kendriya vidyala as well.^[1]

Villages

Some of the villages are Mashrakh Shastri Tola (Mashtak Yadu More), Pakri, Bahadurpur, Kawalpura, Gopalbadi, Dhanauti,maricha, Sonouli, Semari, Godhna, Chainpur, Charihara(tola), Deoriya, Mashrakh West Tola (Nayaka Tola), Ganauli, Durgauly, Jajauli, Dum Duma, Bahrauly, Baluan, Barwaghat, Chandbarwan Bansohi, Chakiya, Khajuri, Ghoghiya, Nawada, Pachkhanda,Khairanpur,Chand Kudariya,Bisnupura.^[2]

Nawada Village

SEMARI PANCHAYAT EX MUKHIYA SHRI BHUNESHWAR PRASAD SINGH

Ghoghiya Village

Institutions

• kendriya vidyala,Mashrakh
• Mashrak College, Mashrakh
• Bahadurpur Collge, Bahdurpur
• Mashrak Degree College, Mashrakh
• Central School, Mashrakh
• High school,Mashrakh.
• Rajkiya madhya vidyalaya(Board middle school).Mashrakh
• Jagrnath janki girls high school,Mashrakh.
• Ramdev Middle school.Mashrakh.
• Aashram School.Mashrakh
• Pragatisheel Yuva Kendra(Formerly Nehru Yuva Mandal) Bahadurpur
• Ganauli school, ganauli
• Mahant Ram Swaroop Das High School, Bahuara(Math)
• Lokmanya High School, Kudariya Rajapati
• Sri Awadh High School, Chainpur Charihara
• Middle School Chainpur Charihara
• Krishana BahadurHigh School, Harpurajan
• Janta High School, Godhana
• High School, Satjora
• Ram Ekbal Singh college(Degree college) Bahadurpur
• Nageshwar High school & Govt Inter College Bahadurpur
• Tarun Bharat(NGO) Bahadurpur
• Rajkiya kanya vidyalaya (Durgaluly)
• Rajkiya Prathamik Vidyalaya (Siyarbhukka)
• Mahant Ram Prayag Das High School, Khairanpur(Math)
• Mahant Ram Swarup Das High School, Bahuara(Math)

Food poisoning

On 16 July 2013, in Dharmashati Gandaman (Jajauli Panchayat) primary school of the block, 23 children were poisoned to death after eating free lunch provided by the school, that had been contaminated with insecticide.^[3]

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