Jainagar, Bihar

Jainagar, also spelled Jaynagar, is a town and notified area in the Madhubani district of the Indian state of Bihar. It lies in the Mithila region on the border with Nepal, which makes it a frontier town as well as a local market and transport centre. Its railway station is one of the major terminals in the Samastipur division of the East Central Railway zone, linking the district to the wider Indian network. On the outskirts of the town stands the Shilanath Mahadev Mandir, a temple that is an important destination for Hindu pilgrims in the region. The 2011 census of India recorded a population of 217,820 for the town, with a literacy rate of 79 percent, above the national average of the time.