Lataraha is a small village in Jalley Block in Darbhanga district of Bihar, India. It belongs to Darbhanga Division. It is 35 km (22 mi) north-west of Darbhanga district headquarters and 122 km (76 mi) from the state capital at Patna. The nearest satellite town is Jalley (3 km) and nearest popular market is Pupri (12 km) in Sitamarhi district.
Maithili is the local language. Besides Hindi, Urdu is also spoken. The local language is a variant of Maithili popularly called Thethi Bhasha. Maithili is considered the language of the educated class while Thethi is the language of the common people.
It is connected with Darbhanga district by road. The nearest railway station is at Jogiara (5 km).
It comes under Jale Assembly Constituency and Madhubani parliamentary constituency.
Lataraha is surrounded by Bokhra Block towards west, Nanpur Block towards west, Puri Block towards North, Bisfi Block towards East. Darbhanga, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, and Sheohar are the nearby towns.
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