Araria is a city and a municipality that is the headquarters of Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar. Araria is situated in the northern part of Bihar.
Munger, formerly spelt as Monghyr, is a twin city and a Municipal Corporation situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Munger district and Munger Division. Munger was one of the major cities in Eastern India and undivided Bengal during Mughal period and British Raj. It is one of the major political, cultural, educational and commercial center of Bihar and Eastern India. Munger is situated about 180km from east of capital city Patna, about 480km west of Eastern India's largest city Kolkata and 1200km from country's capital New Delhi.
Araria district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. Araria district is a part of Purnia division. The district occupies an area of 2,830 km2 (1,090 sq mi). Araria town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Distance from Nepal border is only about 8 km from Forbesganj head quarter.
Kishanganj district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Kishanganj town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Kishanganj district is a part of Purnia division (Seemanchal).
Purnia division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Purnia is the administrative headquarters of the division. The division consists of Purnia district, Katihar district, Araria district, and Kishanganj district. It was established in 1990. It is also known as Seemanchal. It is a part of the Kosi—Seemanchal subregion of the cultural Mithila region.
Dalkhola is a city and a municipality of Uttar Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Forbesganj is a city with municipality in the Araria District in the state of Bihar, India, situated at the border of Nepal.
The Bihar State Milk Co-Operative Federation Ltd is a state government cooperative under the ownership of Ministry of Cooperation, Government of Bihar, India. It was established in 1983 as a state government cooperative of the Government of Bihar. It markets its products under the label "Sudha Dairy". The co-operative facilitates the procurement, processing, and marketing of dairy products. It provides education to the unions on efficient dairy processing, and assists them with animal care including artificial insemination, vaccination, and feeding.
Most of the languages of Bihar, the third most populous state of India, belong to the Bihari subgroup of the Indo-Aryan family. Chief among them are Bhojpuri, spoken in the west of the state, Maithili in the north, Magahi in center around capital Patna. Maithili has official recognition under the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India. The official language of Bihar is Modern Standard Hindi, with Standard Urdu serving as a second official language in 15 districts.
The Bihar Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Bihar, India, with its headquarters in Patna. It has a sanctioned strength of 111,000 personnel, and as of 2017, employs 77,000 personnel.
Surjapuri is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bihari branch, spoken in Eastern India including North Bengal, West Bengal, and some eastern parts of Purnia division of Bihar, as well as Jhapa District in Nepal, Goalpara Division of Assam in India and Rangpur Division in Bangladesh. Among speakers in some regions, it is known as 'Deshi Bhasa'. It is considered a mix of Hindi, Maithili and Bengali.
Dagarua (Dagarwa) is a town and a notified area in Purnia district (Purnea) in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a block and village panchayat located near NH 31 in Purnia. It is situated 15 km East of Purnia City. It comes under seemanchal region. It consists of one police station. It has a total population of 2,21,229 in which male are 1,14,933 and female population of 1,06,296 and children is 45,940. It has a literacy rate of 37.39%. It has sex-ratio of 48 out of 52 males.
2017 Bihar floods affected 19 districts of North Bihar causing death of 514 people. 2,371 panchayats under 187 blocks of 19 districts of Northern Bihar have been affected in the flood. Around 1.71 crore people were hit by the floods. Over 8.5 lakhs of people have lost their homes, with Araria district alone accounting for 2.2 lakh homeless people. 2017 Flood has broken 9-Year record of deaths In Bihar. Bihar is India's most flood-prone State, with 76% of the population in the North Bihar living under the recurring threat of flood devastation. Devastating flood was caused due to excess heavy rainfall in monsoon season.
The 2019 Bihar floods affected 13 districts of North Bihar, India, causing 130 deaths by the end of July. 1269 panchayats under 92 blocks of 13 districts of Northern Bihar were severely affected in the flood. Around 88.46 lakhs people were affected.
Muhammad Izhar Asfi is an Indian politician from Bihar and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Izhar Asfi won the Kochadhaman Assembly constituency on AIMIM ticket in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. He along with other three AIMIM MLAs joined Rashtriya Janata Dal in June 2022. He had served much longer as Mukhiya of Kathamatha Panchayat in Kishanganj. He is father in law of former Bahadurganj MLA Md. Tauseef Alam.
Shahnawaz Alam is an Indian politician. He is a Cabinet Minister in Bihar government with Disaster Management portfolio since 16 August 2022. He is an MLA representing Jokihat assembly constituency of Bihar Legislative Assembly since May 2018.
Raniganj, Bihar is an administrative block in Araria subdivision of Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar. It has a Vidhan Sabha Constituency with same name.
Raniganj is a city and municipality in Araria district of the Indian state of Bihar. It is the headquarter of the Raniganj, Araria.
Maa Khadgeshwari Kali Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Kali. It is a part of Hindu pilgrimage and located in Araria, in Araria district of Bihar, India.
