Babhangawan

Babhangawan is a village in Lakhisarai district, Bihar, India.

Babhanganwan village is located in the Lakhisarai Tehsil of the Lakhisarai district in Bihar, India. It is situated 13 km away from Lakhisarai, which serves as both a district and sub-district headquarters of Babhangawan village. Babhangawan's gram panchayat is located in Amhara.

It is one of the largest and most prominent villages in the Amhara Panchayat of Lakhisarai Block and district. Its nearest railway station is Mankatha. Babhangawan is also accessible via National Highway 80. This village is situated on the bank of Harohar River in north and has a famous Nag Temple, Sheei Shesh Nag, in the west. A temple dedicated to Lord Durga and Maharani mata is also situated here.

The village has a population of around 3,737 people with a primarily agricultural economy. Babhanganwan village has higher literacy rate compared to other villages in Bihar. The total geographical area of village is 1,465 hectares. Around 8,848 acres of agricultural land are cultivated to produce grains, especially pulses and wheat. The village is divided in different tolas (small blocks), including Jaji tola, Paschim tola, and Dobha par.

Climate
The climate of the village varies greatly by season, becoming quite hot during the summer and fairly cold during the winter. January is the coldest month, when the mean minimum temperature comes down to approximately 4°C/39°F. The temperature starts rising in March and reaches its peak in May at about 45°C/115°F. The summers are very rainy, with storms starting in mid-June and lasting until mid-September. The district gets easterly winds from June to September, then from October to May, wind direction reverses. Maximum rains occur during the months of July and August (289 mm).

Education
In Babhangawan there are public schools. Village families send their children to government schools.
 * M.S Babhangawan is a Primary with Upper Primary School in Bhangawan Village of Lakhisarai. It was established in the year 1949 and the school management is Department of Education. It's a Hindi Medium - Co-educational school. M.S Babhangawan runs in a government school building. The school has total 9 classrooms. The lowest Class is 1 and the highest class in the school is 8. This school has 4 Male Teachers and 3 Female Teachers. There is a library facility available in this school and the total number of books in the library is about 200. This school also has a playground. M.S Babhangawan does not provide any residential facility. The school also provides meal facility and meal is prepared in school.
 * S.S.N.High School Babhangawan

Babhanganwan Population
As per census 2011 Babhanganwan village has population of 3,737, of which 1961 are males while 1,776 are females. In Babhanganwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 677 which makes up 18.12% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Babhanganwan village is 906 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Babhanganwan as per census is 945, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Babhanganwan village has higher literacy rate compared to the average in Bihar. In 2011, the literacy rate of Babhanganwan village was 70.46% compared to 61.80% in Bihar at latge. In Babhanganwan, male literacy stands at 77.00%, while female literacy rate was 63.17%.

As per the constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Babhanganwan village is administered by Mukhiya of Amhara Panchayat (Head of Village), who is elected representative of village.

Occupation
In Babhanganwan, out of total population, 1,559 residents were employed. 76.14% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or earning more than 6 months) while 23.86% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,559 workers engaged in Main Work, 577 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 555 were agricultural labourers.

Shree Shesh Nag Temple
Shree Shesh Nag Temple is a famous temple and it is situated at the Bank of Haruhar River in the north & in the west from Babhangama village. There is are daily worship services in the morning and evening, which are organized by Babhangama residents with Vedic Mantra and other slokas. Every year, Shree Shesh Nag hosts a special service for Nag Panchami day. From every house, prasad are collected at the temple. Residents pray to Nag Baba for a prosperous and peaceful life for the people of this village as well as others. During this period, the Nag and Nagin Devtas come and drink the milk prasad which have been offered to them. On this occasion, a big fair (Mela) is gathered to see this festival from this village & neighboring villages. On 7 May 2019, A kalasha, also spelled kalash or kalasa, Vase (Sanskrit: कलश) was added to the top of the main temple.

Bank
Village has a PNB Bank (Punjab National Bank, IFSC Code: PUNB0302200) for day to day financial operations.