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Bhagaiya

Coordinates: 25°11′20″N 87°28′34″E / 25.189°N 87.476°E / 25.189; 87.476
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Bhagaiya, also Bhagaia, is a village panchayat in Godda district, Jharkhand state, India.[1] The village is known for its traditional handloom silk manufacturing and weaving and for that reason is also known as Resham Nagar ("Silk city").[2]

There is a Lord Shiva temple, surrounded by the small hills and forest, in the middle of the village.

References

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  1. ^ Census2011.co.in: Bhagaia
  2. ^ Kunal Singha, Pintu Pandit, Sanjay Shrivastava, Shakeel Ahmed: "6.8 Unraveling the Weaver's Scenarios: A Case Study on Bhagaiya, Jharkand" in Recycling from Waste in Fashion and Textiles: A Sustainable and Circular Economic Approach; Wiley, 2020, pp. 132-139, ISBN 9781119620495 (online: Google books extracts)

25°11′20″N 87°28′34″E / 25.189°N 87.476°E / 25.189; 87.476