Darbhanga district

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Darbhanga.

Darbhanga district
District
Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga
Location of Darbhanga district in Bihar
Country	India
State	Bihar
Region	Mithila
Division	Darbhanga
Headquarters	Darbhanga
Government
•  Lok Sabha constituencies	Darbhanga
•  Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	Gopal Jee Thakur, BJP
•  District Magistrate	Shri Rajiv Raushan(IAS)
•  Senior Superintendent of Police	Shri Awakash Kumar(IPS)
•  Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Kusheshwar Asthan, Gaura Bauram, Benipur, Alinagar, Darbhanga Rural, Darbhanga, Hayaghat, Bahadurpur, Keoti, Jale
Area
• Total	2,279 km2 (880 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,937,385
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
•  Urban	8.7 per cent
Demographics
•  Literacy	56.56 per cent
• Sex ratio	1024
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH 27, NH 527B
Website	darbhanga.bih.nic.in

Darbhanga district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India, and Darbhanga city is the administrative headquarters of this district and 5th largest city of Bihar as well. Darbhanga district lies in Historical Mithila region. Darbhanga district is a part of Darbhanga Division. The district is bounded on the north by Madhubani district, on the south by Samastipur district, on the east by Saharsa district and on the west by Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur districts. The district covers an area of 2,279 km² (880 sq mi).

History

1976 saw the creations of two districts from Darbhanga's territory: Madhubani and Samastipur. ^[1]

Block and circle

Darbhanga District map

1. Darbhanga Assembly constituency
2. Baheri Assembly constituency
3. Biraul Assembly constituency
4. Keoti Assembly constituency
5. Singhwara Assembly constituency
6. Jale Assembly constituency
7. Bahadurpur Assembly constituency
8. Benipur Assembly constituency
9. Manigachhi Assembly constituency
10. Kusheshwar Asthan
11. Kusheshwar Asthan Purbi
12. Hanuman nagar Assembly constituency
13. Gaura Bauram Assembly constituency
14. Hayaghat Assembly constituency
15. Alinagar Assembly constituency
16. Ghanshyampur Assembly constituency
17. Taradih Assembly constituency
18. Kiratpur Assembly constituency

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Geography

Darbhanga district occupies an area of 2,279 square kilometres (880 sq mi), ^[3] comparatively equivalent to Indonesia's Yapen Island. ^[4]

Economy

In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Darbhanga one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). ^[5] It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). ^[5]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	889,022	—
1911	894,232	+0.06%
1921	889,302	−0.06%
1931	966,393	+0.83%
1941	1,055,208	+0.88%
1951	1,150,582	+0.87%
1961	1,337,802	+1.52%
1971	1,622,812	+1.95%
1981	2,008,193	+2.15%
1991	2,510,959	+2.26%
2001	3,295,789	+2.76%
2011	3,937,385	+1.79%
source: [6]

Religions in Darbhanga district (2011) [7]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			77.28%
Islam			22.39%
Other or not stated			0.33%

According to the 2011 census, Darbhanga district has a population of 3,937,385, ^[8] roughly equal to the nation of Liberia ^[9] or the US state of Oregon. ^[10] This gives it a ranking of 64th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 1,721 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,460/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19%. Literacy rate of the district is 56.56% (male 66.83%, female 45.24%). 9.74% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.64% and 0.07% of the population respectively.

Languages of Darbhanga district (2011) ^[11]

1. Maithili (72.75%)
2. Urdu (20.67%)
3. Hindi (5.96%)
4. Others (0.62%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 72.75% of the population in the district spoke Maithili, 20.67% Urdu and 5.96% Hindi as their first language. ^[11]

Health

The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Darbhanga, as of year 2020.

District nutrition profile of children under 5 years of age in Darbhanga, year 2020 ^[12]

Indicators	Number of children (<5 years)	Percent (2020)	Percent (2016)
Stunted	255,374	45%	49%
Wasted	108,562	19%	17%
Severely wasted	36,000	6%	5%
Underweight	220,499	39%	41%
Overweight/obesity	8,494	2%	2%
Anemia	348,147	69%	70%
Total children	562,497

The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Darbhanga of women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, as of year 2020.

District nutritional profile of Darbhanga of women of 15–49 years, in 2020 ^[12]

Indicators	Number of women (15–49 years)	Percent (2020)	Percent (2016)
Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m^2)	293,595	26%	31%
Overweight/obesity	154,023	13%	12%
Hypertension	200,126	17%	11%
Diabetes	154,596	13%	NA
Anemia (non-preg)	703,022	61%	66%
Anemia (preg)	74,677	53%	62%
Total women (preg)	142,241
Total women	1,146,855

Politics

Currently Gopal Jee Thakur of Bhartiya Janta Party is the Member of Parliament from Darbhanga Lok Sabha Constituency. ^{[13] [14]}

This section is transcluded from 17th Bihar Assembly. (edit | history)

District	No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Alliance		Remarks
Darbhanga	78	Kusheshwar Asthan	Shashi Bhushan Hazari		JD(U)		NDA	Died in 1 July 2021
			Aman Bhushan Hajari					Elected on 2 November 2021 in by-election
	79	Gaura Bauram	Swarna Singh		BJP		NDA	Switched from VIP to BJP [15]
	80	Benipur	Binay Kumar Choudhary		JD(U)		NDA
	81	Alinagar	Mishrilal Yadav		BJP		NDA	Switched from VIP to BJP [16]
	82	Darbhanga Rural	Lalit Kumar Yadav		RJD		MGB
	83	Darbhanga	Sanjay Saraogi		BJP		NDA
	84	Hayaghat	Ram Chandra Prasad		BJP		NDA
	85	Bahadurpur	Madan Sahni		JD(U)		NDA
	86	Keoti	Murari Mohan Jha		BJP		NDA
	87	Jale	Jibesh Kumar		BJP		NDA

See also

• Ahalya Sthan
• Bahera
• Bathai
• Bauram
• Bhapura
• Chandih
• Chhatwan
• Gautam Ashram
• Keoti
• Kumai
• Kusheshwar Asthan
• Panchobh
• Raj Darbhanga
• Ratanpur Abhiman
• Supaul Bazar
• Tariyani
• Tatuar

References

1. Law, Gwillim (25 September 2011). "Districts of India". Statoids. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
2. "Blocks in Darbhanga District, Bihar".
3. Srivastava, Dayawanti, 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.
4. "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 18 February 1998. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2011. Yapen 2,278km2
5. Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
6. "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
7. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
8. "District Census Handbook: Darbhanga" (PDF). Census of India . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
9. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est.
10. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Oregon 3,831,074
11. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
12. https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-06/Darbhanga-Bihar.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
13. "Shri Gopal Jee Thakur| National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
14. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabha.nic.in. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
15. "All 3 VIP MLAs join BJP in Bihar making it the largest party in Assembly". The Hindu. 23 March 2022. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 23 March 2022.
16. "All 3 VIP MLAs join BJP in Bihar making it the largest party in Assembly". The Hindu. 23 March 2022. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 23 March 2022.

External links

• Darbhanga district website

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