It borders Gorakhpur to the south and Siddharthnagar and Sant Kabir Nagar in the west.

People from all over Eastern Uttar Pradesh visit here and worship the goddess Durga.

Grave of the British Officer is situated in the West of temple about 1 km of distance.

She hired a boat and started the journey but in middle of the river the boatman grew interested in her splendid beauty and went off track.

[citation needed] District has one Lok Sabha constituency named as Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency), currently represented by Pankaj Chaudhary of Bhartiya Janta Party.

[citation needed] Lejar mahdewa (lejruwa)|dhirendra| In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Maharajganj one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).

Sonauli is the main checkpoint at the Nepal border and is administered directly by home ministry of government of India.

Thuthibari, Bargadwan, Jhulnipur, Bhagwanpur, Kolhui bazar are some other major entry points at Nepal border.

According to the 2011 census Maharajganj district has a population of 2,684,703,[6] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait[7] or the US state of Nevada.

Maharajganj district has the highest proportion of people following Buddhism in Uttar Pradesh.