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Kahalgaon
Colgong | |
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Town | |
    .jpg) Vikramshila,Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station, Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, Mountain of Kahalgaon and The rocks of Colgong | |
| Nickname: CITY OF 7th NTPC | |
  Kahalgaon Location of Kahalgaon in Bihar  Kahalgaon Kahalgaon (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°16′N 87°13′E / 25.27°N 87.22°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Bhagalpur |
| Subdivision | Kahalgaon subdivision |
| Block | Kahalgaon |
| Assembly constituency | Kahalgaon constituency and Pirpainti constituency |
| Ward | 17 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 297 km2 (115 sq mi) |
| • Town | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 55,000 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[1] |
| • Regional | Angika[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | BR 10 |
Kahalgaon (formerly known as Colgong during British rule) is a municipality Town and one of 3 sub-divisions of Bhagalpur district in the state of Bihar, India.[3] It is located close to the Vikramashila, that was once a famous centre of Buddhist learning across the world, along with Nalanda, during the Pala dynasty. The Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Plant (KhSTPP) is located near the town (3 km).
- ^ a b "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Masica, Colin P. (9 September 1993). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Cambridge University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-521-29944-2.
- ^ Bose, Ruma (23 September 2019). Walking with Pilgrims: The Kanwar Pilgrimage of Bihar, Jharkhand and the Terai of Nepal. Routledge. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-000-73250-4.
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