Khagaria district
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Khagaria district | |
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Country | India |
State | Bihar |
Division | Munger |
Region | Mithila |
Headquarters | Khagaria |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Khagaria |
Area | |
• Total | 1,485 km2 (573 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,666,886 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 72.87 per cent |
• Sex ratio | 886 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
PIN Code | |
Major highways | NH 31, NH 107 |
Average annual precipitation | 1182 mm |
Website | khagaria |
Khagaria district is an administrative
The present collector and District Magistrate of Khagaria is Amit Kumar Pandey, I.A.S. and the current S.P of Khagaria is Amitesh Kumar, IPS 2016 batch.[2]
Geography
Khagaria district occupies an area of 1,486 square kilometres (574 sq mi),
Politics
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 |
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1. | 76-SimriBakhtiyarpur | Saharsa | Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser |
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. |
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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]
Villages & Panchayats
S.No | Subdivision | Block/Anchal | No of Panchayat | No of Revenue Villages |
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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
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
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 321,380 | — |
1911 | 331,441 | +0.31% |
1921 | 315,166 | −0.50% |
1931 | 354,889 | +1.19% |
1941 | 401,206 | +1.23% |
1951 | 443,401 | +1.01% |
1961 | 540,794 | +2.01% |
1971 | 641,202 | +1.72% |
1981 | 768,653 | +1.83% |
1991 | 987,227 | +2.53% |
2001 | 1,280,354 | +2.63% |
2011 | 1,666,886 | +2.67% |
source:[8] |
According to the
At the time of the
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
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Nares Land 1,466km2
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- ^ "Badal lays foundation stone of 2nd Mega Food Park in Bihar".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
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- ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Khagaria" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
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- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
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- ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
- ^ "सन्हौली दुर्गास्थान में दशकों से मां दुर्गा विराजमान हैं". 7 June 2018.