The village is situated between PREM NAFAR, GARHA, TIKAULI . This area has been hit by flood many times, though the land is very fertile. Mela Road land is basically gangetic plain with alluvial soil. The whole area lies to the south of the Someswar mountain range of the southern Himalayas in its north and the holy Ganges in its south. Summer is moderate and the winter is chilling cold. It is located in at the confluence of Mithila, Vajji(Licchvians) and Bhojpur region of Bihar. Most of the people are either Maithils or Vajji. But their culture is deeply affected by Bhojpur too. Language spoken is Hindi, , bhojpuri and Maithili. But the local people used to talk in Bajjika which resembles with Maithili, bhojpuri and Hindi which is a consequence of its location being surrounded by these regions. People give importance to their family before their personal interest. The area has got a rich culture. They respect their guests too much. Education is first preference among the people. Their culture festival such as SAMA ,CHATH, SURGA PUJA . It is really enjoyable to see this festival in the chilling cold of the winter season. The major cultural event is marriage in this area which takes a large amount of preparations and arrangement with many cultural rituals. The major festival of this area is Chhath puja in which people offer their prayer to Lord Sun.Almost all the people wherever they are, their major desire is to celebrate Chhath puja at their home with their family members and villagers.Holi and Diwali are other two festivals celebrated with so much of gaiety. Other festivals such as Dusshera, makar sakranti Id, Christmas and others are also celebrated with full enjoyment. Among all festival celebrated here what remains common is enjoyment , co-operation and brotherhood. The major food crops are rice, wheat and maize. Apart from it this area is major producers of sugarcane, tobacoo and other cash crops. People here are very laborious. Lentils, sun flower and mustard is also grown in this area. Crop and agriculture has given rise to many agro based industries in this area. This area is famous for litchi sahi and china. The litchi crop is available from May to June only.There are large number of mango and litchi orchards in this area. Export of these licthi bring a large amount of foreign currency to the country. At the same time it is boosting the economic scenario of the whole area. This is one of the biggest market in nearby area. Better it can be called the Minni bobamy of sitamarhi. radymad cloth, jowallary is famous across the north Bihar and is supplied up to some part of Nepal. The market is very cheap and well developed one. The market provides most of the need of local people. The village is 40 km from Muzaffarpur, which is the biggest town of north Bihar and 20 km from Sitamarhi, its district headquarters. 24 hour bus service, both private operators and government, run BSRTC buses to provide connectivity to the village from Muzaffarpur, Patna and Sitamarhi. Peple First talk bus for Garha than by three viler can go manik chauk Nearest railway stations are: Garha Jn 1.5 km Muzaffarpur jn:40 km Sitamarhi :20 km One can find a large number of trains from Muzaffarpur junction to almost all parts of India. People prefer to go to Muzaffarpur for catching a train. A new railway line is being constructed between Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur. After its completion the town will have its own railway station. This is the educational hub of near by area. Many private schools have come up .Other private run conevent schools are also there. Government run schools are also there. NAVODAY is the best educational institution of the area, providing good education on very low fee. Tourism A large number of tourist places are there in nearby area.KALI MANDIR, DURGA STHAN, MATH,MELA ROAD, VISHWAKARMA MANDIR Janki Mandir at Janki Asthan: 25 km from here It is located in western part of Sitamarhi.The temple is nearly 100 years old.A large number of tourist visit this place. We can go to this village via garha which is located on n.h.77. There has been a launch of the newspaper "RAJNEETI EXPRESS" Hindi Daily by DIGAMBAR SHARMA, Editor of the Newspaper and a Youth congress leader. This paper is published all over India throughing its great impact on the people of India with its headquarters at New Delhi. manikchowk is an village of sitamarhi bihar,their most people are active of her work.as agricultures & food production.because they are very strong. Bus / Train / Transport : The newly constructed railway line has been started for trains. That means that now we can go to manikchauk by train from muzaffarpur. WRITTEN BY MAHENDRA THAKUR TRUST,MANIK CHAUK 09810729200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:25:28 +0000
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