Punpun

Punpun पुनपुन
City
Punpun Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 25°29′N 85°07′E / 25.48°N 85.12°E / 25.48; 85.12Coordinates: 25°29′N 85°07′E / 25.48°N 85.12°E / 25.48; 85.12
Country	India
State	Bihar
Metropolis	Patna Metropolitan Region
District	Patna
Government
• Body	Patna Municipal Corporation
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	116,394
Languages
• Official	Maithili, Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Website	www.patna.nic.in

Punpun is a satellite town in Patna Metropolitan Region in Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located 10 km south of Patna. The name Punpun comes from the river Punpun, a tributary of river Ganges, on whose bank the village has flourished.

According to new master plan of Patna (PMR) the new airport for the city of Patna will be in Punpun.

History

Mata Seeta has spent some time near Punpun village at the bank of Punpun river. For Pind-dan Gaya and Punpun are the most important/ auspicious place in Hindu Dharma. Every year from Nepal and all over India Hindus come here to do pind-dan. It is saying that first pind-dan is done in Punpun after than Gaya.

Education

Punpun is only 12 km from Patna, and better connectivity of Train and Road so it develop the education hub in future. AIIMS And IIT are located 15 km in range. In Punpun a S.M.D. College and Subodh Kumar mahila College provide Post Graduate Level Education. 10+2 level government School for boy and girl give better education in that reason. There are a lot of primary government and private school improve the education quality.

Punpun is on its way to be developed into a business hub, as many small companies have started to invest in the area. Kingfisher will start beer factory in Nabutpur. In Micro-level there are so many self-employment co-operative society are running and provide job, for example Alawalpur(Punpun) village will start self co-operative milk union for promote true dairy product in Patna. In this Dairy guided by educated youth of Alwalpur for better utilization of resource and promote job inside the village.

Play

There are many play grounds in punpun. Cricket is very popular game in punpun. High School Ground, Gandhi Maidan, and S.M.D. College ground are the famous play ground in punpun.

Gallery

Punpun Ghat
Road bridge
Railway bridge

External links

Patna topics

Patna, Bihar, India

History of Patna

Civic

Economy

Satellite town

Localities/
neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods in Patna

Buildings
and landmarks

Transport

Air	Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport Bihta Air Force Station

Rail	Patna Junction Rajendra Nagar Terminal Patliputra Junction Patna Saheb Gulzarbagh Station Phulwari Sharif railway station Danapur Station Fatuha Junction railway station Patna Metro Patna Monorail

Road	Loknayak Ganga Path Mahatma Gandhi Setu Ganga Rail–Road Bridge

Hospitals

Education

Universities & Colleges	Patna University Aryabhatta Knowledge University Chanakya National Law University Nalanda Open University Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic and Persian University Magadh University Central University of Bihar Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT-P) National Institute of Technology, Patna (NIT-P) National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT Patna) All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna Dental College Patna College St. Xavier's College, Patna A N College Birla Institute of Technology, Patna R.P. Sharma Institute of Technology Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences St. Xavier's College of Education Maulana Azad College of Engineering and Technology

Schools	St. Xavier's High School Don Bosco Academy St. Michael's High School Loyola High School Delhi Public School, Patna DAV BSEB

Sports complex

Shopping complex

Clubs

Culture

Parks & grounds

Constituencies

Lok Sabha	Patna Sahib Pataliputra Patna

Vidhan Sabha	Kumhrar Digha Bankipur Danapur Patna Sahib

See also

Category
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WikiProject

Cities and towns in Patna Division

Bhojpur district	Arrah Behea Koilwar Piro Shahpur

Buxar district	Buxar Dumraon Raghunathpur

Kaimur district	Bhabua Kudra Mohania Ramgarh

Patna district	Badalpura Bakhtiarpur Barh Bihta Bikram Danapur Dinapur Cantonment Dinapur Nizamat Fatuha Hasanchak Khagaul Khusrupur Maner Maner Sharif Masaurhi Mokameh Nadwan Paliganj Patna Phulwari Sharif

Rohtas district	Banjari Bikramganj Chenari Dalmianagar Dehri on Sone Koath Nokha Sasaram Tilouthu

Nalanda district	Bihar Sharif Hilsa Ekangarsarai Islampur Pawapuri Rajgir Silao Harnaut Chandi

See also	Patna division topics Patna topics

Cities and towns in other Divisions	Bhagalpur Darbhanga Kosi Magadh Munger Purnia Saran Tirhut

Tourist attractions in Patna

Ancient	Didarganj Yakshi Kumhrar Agam Kuan

Colonial	Golghar Patna High Court Secretariat Building Nagholkothi Padri Ki Haveli

Ganga River Banks	Gaighat

Religious complex	Mahavir Mandir Patan Devi Takht Sri Patna Sahib Gurdwara Guru ka Bagh Gurdwara Ghai Ghat Gurdwara Handi Sahib Gurdwara Gobind Ghat Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini Maner Sharif Pathar ki Masjid Sher Shah Suri Masjid St. Mary's Church

Maidan	Gandhi Maidan Congress Maidan

Infotainment complex	Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan Patna Planetarium Patna Museum Srikrishna Science Centre Jalan Museum Bihar Museum

Buildings and structures	Mahatma Gandhi Setu Patna Airport Shri Krishna Memorial Hall Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library Martyr's Memorial Patna

Museums	Patna Museum Bihar Museum Jalan Museum Gandhi Sangrahalaya Rajendra Smriti Sangrahalaya

Excursions	Sasaram Maner Sharif Bihar Sharif Phulwari Sharif Hajipur

Places near Patna	Bodh Gaya Gaya Vaishali Pawapuri Nalanda Rajgir Maner

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