Khagaria district

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Khagaria.
Khagaria district
District of Bihar
Location of Khagaria district in Bihar
Location of Khagaria district in Bihar
Country India
State Bihar
DivisionMunger
HeadquartersKhagaria
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesKhagaria
Area
 • Total
1,485 km2 (573 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
1,666,886
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy72.87 per cent
 • Sex ratio886
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN Code
8512XX
Major highwaysNH 31, NH 107
Average annual precipitation1182 mm
Websitekhagaria.nic.in

Khagaria district is an administrative district in Mithila region in the state of Bihar in India. The district headquarters are located at Khagaria. Earlier it was a part of Munger District as a sub-division that was created in 1943–44. It was upgraded to the status of a district on 10 May 1981. Khagaria district is a part of Munger Division.[1]

The present collector and District Magistrate of Khagaria is Amit Kumar Pandey, IAS and the current S.P. of Khagaria is Chandan Kumar Kushwaha, IPS.[2]

Geography

Khagaria district occupies an area of 1,486 square kilometres (574 sq mi),[3] comparatively equivalent to Greenland's Nares Land.[4] The district is surrounded by seven rivers namely Ganges, Kamla Balan, Koshi, Budhi Gandak, Kareh, Kali Koshi and Bagmati. These rivers cause floods every year which causes great loss of life and property including livestock. River Ganga forms the southern boundary of the district. Khagaria experiences an extreme climate with very hot summers and extremely cold winters. Rainy season continues up to October with heavy rainfall causing the rivers to overflow and causing floods in most regions.

Politics

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Constituencies

Khagaria District is covered under one Parliamentary Constituency  25 – Khagaria .  25- Khagaria Parliamentary Constituency consists of six Assembly Constituencies of which four Assembly Constituencies are in Khagaria District and one in Saharsa District another in Samastipur District.

Parliamentary constituency

S.No Assembly Constituency No & Name District Member of Parliament
1. 76-Simri Bakhtiarpur Saharsa Rajesh Verma
140-Hasanpur Samastipur
148-Alauli Khagaria
149-Khagaria
150-Beldaur
151-Parbatta

Assembly constituency

S.No Assembly Constituency No. and Name District Name of M.L.A.
1 148-Alauli Khagaria Sri Ramvriksh Sada
2 149-Khagaria Sri Chhatrapati Yadav
3 150-Beldaur Sri Panna Lal Singh Patel
4 151-Parbatta Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

Administration

Sub-divisions

Khagaria district comprises two sub-divisions:

1. Khagaria

2. Gogri

Blocks & Circles

Khagaria district has been divided into seven blocks as well as circles namely:[5]

  1. Alauli
  2. Khagaria
  3. Chautham
  4. Mansi
  5. Gogri
  6. Beldaur
  7. Parbatta

Villages & Panchayats

S.No Subdivision Block/Anchal No of Panchayat No of Revenue Villages
1 Khagaria Alauli 21 45
2 Khagaria 26 51
3 Chautham 13 28
4 Mansi 7 13
5 Gogri Gogri 24 68
6 Beldaur 16 29
7 Parbatta 22 69

Economy

In 2015 union Food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal laid the foundation stone of a mega food at Mansi block. This will provide benefit to 30000 and generate around 6000 direct and indirect jobs.[6] In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Khagaria one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[7] It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[7]

Transport

Khagaria is a small town with a major railway junction on the Barauni Guwahati section of the Indian Railways. National Highway No.31, which connects rest of India to North Eastern region passes through this town. It is also connected to other regions of north Bihar by another rail line to Saharsa and Samastipur. A major rail bridge across river Ganges at Munger connects it to south Bihar and Jharkhand directly.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901321,380—    
1911331,441+0.31%
1921315,166−0.50%
1931354,889+1.19%
1941401,206+1.23%
1951443,401+1.01%
1961540,794+2.01%
1971641,202+1.72%
1981768,653+1.83%
1991987,227+2.53%
20011,280,354+2.63%
20111,666,886+2.67%
source:[8]
Religions in Khagaria district (2011)[9]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 89.21%
Islam
 
 10.53%
Other or not stated
 
 0.26%

According to the 2011 census Khagaria district has a population of 1,666,886,[10] roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau[11] or the US state of Idaho.[12] This gives it a ranking of 300th in India (out of a total of 640).[10] The district has a population density of 1,115 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,890/sq mi) .[10] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 29.46%.[10] Khagaria has a sex ratio of 883 females for every 1000 males,[10] and a literacy rate of 60.87%. 5.23% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14.83% and 0.04% of the population respectively.[10]

Languages of Khagaria district (2011)[13]

  "Other" Hindi (64.46%)
  Hindi (29.28%)
  Urdu (5.90%)
  Others (0.36%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 29.28% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 5.90% Urdu as their first language. 64.46% of the population speaks languages classified as "Others" under Hindi in the census (mainly Angika). The regional language of Khagaria is Angika.[13]

Goddess Durga temple

Mother Durga's temple is situated in Sanhouli,[14] adjacent to Khagaria city for decades. A large number of pilgrims perform religious rituals worshiping here. In addition to various parts of the state, devotees of Assam, Uttar Pradesh etc. States also come here to offer prayers and offerings in mother's court.

References

  1. ^ "Khagari district info".
  2. ^ "District Official Website". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  3. ^ Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) (2010). "States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government". India 2010: A Reference Annual (54th ed.). New Delhi, India: Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India. pp. 1118–1119. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 1998-02-18. Archived from the original on 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2011-10-11. Nares Land 1,466km2
  5. ^ "Khagaria District Administration".
  6. ^ "Badal lays foundation stone of 2nd Mega Food Park in Bihar".
  7. ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  8. ^ "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  9. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Khagaria" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  11. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Guinea-Bissau 1,596,677 July 2011 est.
  12. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Idaho 1,567,582
  13. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  14. ^ "सन्हौली दुर्गास्थान में दशकों से मां दुर्गा विराजमान हैं". 7 June 2018.

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