Gidhaur (also known as Patsanda) is a small town in the Jamui District of Bihar. In the early-modern period, it was the centre of the Gidhaur chieftaincy. History Raja Bir Bikram Shah who belonged to Chandel Rajput Dynasty founded this princely state in 1266 AD, after defeating the local leader Nagoria. From here he started to expand his kingdom. He was the younger brother of Raja of Bardi From Singrauli. The Chandel Rajput rulers ruled over Gidhaur for more than six centuries. Raja Puran Mal, ninth in descent of this dynasty is said to have built the Baidyanath Dham temple at Deoghar in 1596. Patsanda was renamed Gidhaur by the name of railway station situated 2 kilometers from town. Gidhaur became a block in 1994, before which it was in Lakshmipur block. Geography Gidhaur is located at the bank of river Ulai, 167 kilometres south-east of state capital, Patna. It is situated at () about 19 kilometers east from the district headquarters Jamui. Ulai is a monsoon river which flows parallel to the town and makes southern-western boundary. There are two hill Seva-Pahar and Bandhora-pahar in the direction of north and south of town. The population is equally distributed around Minto tower. The town can be divided into eastern part (Jhajha side) and western side (Jamui side) in a way to categorize different local positions. Demographics The Patsanda village has a population of 9353, of which 4897 are males and 4456 are females, as per Population Census 2011. In Patsanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 1617 which makes up 17.29% of total population of village. The average sex ratio of Patsanda village is 910, which is lower than the Bihar state average of 918. The child sex ratio for the Patsanda as per census is 1011, higher than the Bihar average of 935. Patsanda village has a higher literacy rate than Bihar. In 2011, the literacy rate of Patsanda village was 67.72% compared to 61.80% in Bihar. In Patsanda the male literacy was 79.53% while the female literacy rate was 54.46%. Adjacent boundaries Gidhaur Block The geographical area of Gidhaur Block is 71.11 km2. Its population was 60,670 according to the census of 2011. There are twenty villages in Gidhaur block. Economy All the business premises are located in Gidhaur Bazaar centered around Minto tower. Earlier Local business shops were mainly in Tower chowk but now it