Bhojpur District | |
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Coordinates(Arrah): 25°46′N84°52′E / 25.767°N 84.867°E | |
Country | India |
State | Bihar |
Division | Patna |
Established | 1972 |
Headquarters | Arrah |
Tehsils | |
Government | |
• District collector | Tanai Sultania, I.A.S. [1] |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Arrah |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | |
Area | |
• Total | 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,728,407 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 72.79% |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
PIN | 802301 (Bhojpur) [2] |
Vehicle registration | BR-03 |
Major highways | NH-922 |
Website | Bhojpur District |
Bhojpur District is one of the 38 districts of the Indian state of Bihar. Arrah city (also known as Ara) is the administrative headquarters of this district. Bhojpur district came into existence in 1972. Earlier it was the part of Shahabad district. This district is named "Bhojpur" after great Parmara King Bhoja as most early settlers were Rajput rulers of Parmara dynasty then called as Ujjainiya. [3] [4]
In the year 1972, Shahabad District was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur and Rohtas. Buxar was a subdivision of old Bhojpur District then. In 1992, Buxar became a separate district and presently the rest of Bhojpur District has now three sub-divisions – Ara Sadar, Jagdishpur and Piro. It shares its border with Uttar Pradesh in the north west.
Bhojpur District occupies an area of 2,395 square kilometres (925 sq mi). [5]
It is located (the headquarter Arrah) at a longitude of 83° 45' to 84° 45' East and the latitude is 25° 10' to 25° 40' North and is situated at a height of 193 meters above sea level. [6]
Till 1972, Bhojpur was part of old Shahabad District. The present district of Bhojpur came into existence in 1972, when Shahabad district was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur and Rohtas. From 1972 to 1991, Buxar was a sub-division of Bhojpur district only. Later on 17 March 1991 Buxar district got separated from Bhojpur district. Bhojpur falls under Patna division.
In 2006 the Indian government named Bhojpur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). [7] It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). [7]
The climate of the district is of moderately extreme type. The summers are hot and the winter are cool. Most of the rain that the district receives is from the South- West monsoon, during July and August. Winters are quite dry and light showers may take place during the Rabi crop.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 641,566 | — |
1911 | 609,751 | −0.51% |
1921 | 593,796 | −0.26% |
1931 | 652,468 | +0.95% |
1941 | 762,131 | +1.57% |
1951 | 879,888 | +1.45% |
1961 | 1,021,109 | +1.50% |
1971 | 1,230,052 | +1.88% |
1981 | 1,490,714 | +1.94% |
1991 | 1,792,771 | +1.86% |
2001 | 2,243,144 | +2.27% |
2011 | 2,728,407 | +1.98% |
source: [8] |
According to the 2011 census Bhojpur district, Bihar has a population of 2,728,407, [10] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait [11] or the US state of Nevada. [12] This gives it a ranking of 145th in India (out of a total of 640). [10] The district has a population density of 1,136 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,940/sq mi). [10] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 21.27%. [10] Bhojpur has a sex ratio of 907 females for every 1000 males, [10] and a literacy rate of 72.79%. 14.29% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.59% and 0.51% of the population respectively. [10]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.06% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 5.23% Hindi and 2.50% Urdu as their first language. Bhojpuri is considered a Hindi dialect in the census, so in census data its speakers are categorized as speaking Hindi. [13]
Languages include Bhojpuri, a language with almost 2,000,000 speakers, according to the study of 'Times of India Daily' written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts, [14] Hindi and Urdu.
The Bhojpur District (headquartered at Arrah) is headed by an IAS officer of the rank of District Magistrate (DM).
The district has got 1209 villages under 228 Gram Panchayats, 34 territorial police stations [15] and 1 municipality, Arrah, which has now become a Municipal Corporation. [16]
Bhojpur district comprises three tehsils or Sub-divisions, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM):
These Tehsils are further divided into 14 Blocks, each headed by a Block Development Officer (BDO) [17]
District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance | Remarks | ||
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Bhojpur | 192 | Sandesh | Kiran Devi Yadav | RJD | MGB | |||
193 | Barhara | Raghvendra Pratap Singh | BJP | NDA | ||||
194 | Arrah | Amrendra Pratap Singh | BJP | NDA | ||||
195 | Agiaon | Manoj Manzil | CPI(ML)L | MGB | Disqualified on 16 February 2024 due to criminal conviction [18] | |||
Shiv Prakash Ranjan | CPI(ML)L | MGB | ||||||
196 | Tarari | Sudama Prasad | CPI(ML)L | MGB | ||||
Vishal Prashant | BJP | NDA | Won in 2024 bypoll | |||||
197 | Jagdishpur | Ram Vishnun Yadav | RJD | MGB | ||||
198 | Shahpur | Rahul Tiwari | RJD | MGB |
Colleges
Bhojpuri is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region of India and the Terai region of Nepal. It is chiefly spoken in eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar, and northwestern Jharkhand in India, as well as western Madhesh, eastern Lumbini, southeastern Gandaki, and southwestern Bagmati in Nepal. Bhojpuri is also widely spoken by the diaspora of Indians descended from those who left as indentured laborers during the colonial era. It is an eastern Indo Aryan language and as of 2000 it is spoken by about 5% of India's population. Bhojpuri is a descendant of Magadhi Prakrit and is related to Maithili, Magahi, Bangla, Odia, Assamese, and other eastern Indo-Aryan languages.
Buxar district is one of the 38 districts of Bihar, India. Located in the southwestern part of the state, it is a primarily agricultural district. The district headquarters is at the town of Buxar. Buxar district was carved out from Bhojpur district on 17 March 1991.
Arrah is a city and a municipal corporation in Bhojpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the headquarters of Bhojpur district, located near the confluence of the Ganges and Sone rivers, some 24 miles (39 km) from Danapur and 36 miles (58 km) from Patna.
Siwan district is one of the districts of Bihar state, India. Siwan town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Siwan district is a part of Saran division since 1972. The district was previously also known as Aliganj Siwan after the name of Raja Ali Bux Khan. Siwan has historical and mythological importance attached to it. There is ancient ashram of sage Dronacharya in the Don village. It is believed that Dronacharya had spent his time here. The Member of Parliament from Siwan is Vijaylakshmi Devi.
Shahabad district or Arrah district, headquartered at Arrah was a Bhojpuri speaking district in western Bihar, India, making the western border of Bihar with Uttar Pradesh. In 1972, the district was split into two districts: Bhojpur and Rohtas. Kaimur District was carved out from Rohtas in 1991 and Buxar District from Bhojpur in 1992.
Dumraon is a town, near Buxar city and nagar parishad corresponding community development block in Buxar district in the Indian state of Bihar. Historically, it was the capital of the Dumraon Raj.
Buxar is a nagar parishad city in the state of Bihar, India, sharing border with Balia and Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the eponymous Buxar district, as well as the headquarters of the community development block of Buxar, which also contains the census town of Sarimpur along with 132 rural villages.
Veer Kunwar Singh university was established on 22 October 1992 with its headquarters at Arrah, under the Bihar University Act 1976 [as amendment Act 9 of 1992]. It is named after Kunwar Singh, the well-known national hero and a distinguished freedom fighter of 1857.
Arrah is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar, India. It is a part of the Bhojpur district and comprises seven Assembly constituencies: Sandesh, Barhara, Arrah, Agiaon (SC), Tarari, Jagdishpur and Shahpur.
Kunwar Singh, also known as Babu Kunwar Singh was a chief organiser of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 from the Bhojpur region of Bihar. He was originally the ruler of Jagdishpur estate. He led a selected band of armed soldiers against the troops under the command of the British East India Company.
Babu Amar Singh was a revolutionary in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the brother of Kunwar Singh, the ruler of Jagdishpur principality.
Jagdishpur is a nagar panchayat town of the district Bhojpur of the state of Bihar in eastern India. It was the capital of the eponymous Jagdishpur Raj ruled by Rajputs of the Ujjainiya clan. One of its rulers, Kunwar Singh, was a major figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, considered the leader of the rebellion in Bihar.
The Bhojpuri people, also known as Bhojpuriya-sawb are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Bhojpuri-language and inhabit the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region. This area is now divided between the western part of the Indian state of Bihar, the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, western Jharkhand, along with some neighbouring districts in the Madhya Pradesh and Madhesh and Lumbini of Nepal. A significant diaspora population of Bhojpuris can be found in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa, Mauritius, United States, Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.
Amrendra Pratap Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly serving as a minister in the Government of Bihar. He is the son of Harihar Singh, the former Chief Minister of Bihar.
The Jagdishpur Raj was a feudatory zamindari ruled by a cadet branch of the Ujjainiya dynasty. It was situated in modern-day Jagdishpur, in the erstwhile Shahabad district of Bihar. The capital of the principality was the town of Jagdishpur by which the principality derived its name.
Veer Kunwar Singh Museum is museum in Jagdishpur near Arrah in Bhojpur district of Bihar. It is named after freedom fighter Kunwar Singh who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It has a good collection of artifacts related to India's struggle for independence.
Bhojpur Kadim is a historic village in Dumraon block of Buxar district, Bihar, India. As of 2011, its population was 18,243, in 3,024 households. Together with the neighboring Bhojpur Jadid, it lends its name to the surrounding Bhojpuri region.
Jalpura Tapa is a village and gram panchayat in Koilwar block, Bhojpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. Situated close to the Sone River, it is a large village with more than 12,000 residents. Population-wise it is the largest village and area-wise, it is the 2nd-largest village of Koilwar block.
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Bihar in all 7 phases from 19 April to 1 June to elect 40 members of the 18th Lok Sabha, with the results declared on 4 June.
Kuwait 2,595,62
Nevada 2,700,551