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Pharenda, also called as Anandnagar, is a large city in the province of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It is located approximately 44 kilometres north of Gorakhpur near the border with Nepal. District of Pharenda is Maharajganj. This is situated on the Buddhist Circuit which is built from Sarnath to Lumbini.
There are 3 intermediate schools and 2 PG colleges in the town.
Forest of the Anandnagar has the "Barahsingha Reserve". Other, nearest market place to this tahsil is Dhani Bazar, Brijmanganj, Raniyapur and Campierganj (Chaumukha) (on the name of British "station master" of this railway station), in range of 12 km. Anandnagar is a large city in Maharajganj district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated near NH 29. It is about 45 km from Gorakhpur, 40 km from Siddharthnagar, 30 km from Maharajganj and 55 km from Sonauli Indo-Nepal Border. This place is named after Seth Anandram Jaypuriya.