MAHARAJ GANJ

About Maharaj ganj

Maharajganj district (Template: ) is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, and the town of Maharajganj is the district headquarters. Famous places in Maharajganj are Mogalaha Sharif, Dargah Hare Bhare Shah Baba.Maharajganj district is bounded by Nepal in the north, the districts of Kushinagar in the east, Gorakhpur to the south and Siddharthnagar and Sant Kabir Nagar in the west. It is part of Gorakhpur Division. The district covers an area of 2,951 km. It has a population of 2,173,878 (2001 Census). The district was carved out from the erstwhile Gorakhpur district on 2 October 1989.