Bhojpur district | |
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 Location of Bhojpur district in Bihar | |
| Coordinates (Arrah):25°46′N84°52′E / 25.767°N 84.867°E /25.767; 84.867 | |
| 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 | 1,139/km2 (2,951/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 72.79% |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 802301,802302,802312,802313 (Bhojpur)[2] |
| Vehicle registration | BR-03 |
| Major highways | NH-922 |
| Website | bhojpur |
Bhojpur district is one of the 38 districts of theIndianstate ofBihar.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 ofShahabad district.[3][4]
In the year 1972, Shahabad district was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur andRohtas.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 andPiro. It shares its border withUttar 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 oldShahabad district. The present district of Bhojpur came into existence in 1972, when Shahabad district was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur andRohtas. From 1972 to 1991, Buxar was a sub-division of Bhojpur district only. Later on 17 March 1991Buxar district got separated from Bhojpur district. Bhojpur falls underPatna division.
In 2006 the Indian government named Bhojpur one of the country's 250most backward districts (out of a total of640).[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. |
|---|---|---|
| 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 the2011 census Bhojpur district, Bihar has apopulation of 2,728,407,[10] roughly equal to the nation ofKuwait[11] or the US state ofNevada.[12] This gives it a ranking of 145th in India (out of a total of640).[10] The district has a population density of 1,136 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,940/sq mi).[10] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 21.27%.[10] Bhojpur has asex ratio of 907females for every 1000 males,[10] and aliteracy 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 the2011 Census of India, 92.06% of the population in the district spokeBhojpuri, 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 includeBhojpuri, a language with almost 2,000,000 speakers, according to the study of 'Times of India Daily' written in both theDevanagari andKaithi scripts,[14]Hindi andUrdu.
The Bhojpur district (headquartered at Arrah) is headed by an IAS officer of the rank ofDistrict Magistrate (DM).
The district has got 1209 villages under 228Gram Panchayats, 34 territorial police stations[15] and 1 municipality, Arrah, which has now become aMunicipal Corporation.[16]
Bhojpur district comprises three tehsils or Sub-divisions, each headed by aSub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM):
These Tehsils are further divided into 14Blocks, 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 in2024 bypoll | |||||
| 197 | Jagdishpur | Ram Vishnun Yadav | RJD | MGB | ||||
| 198 | Shahpur | Rahul Tiwari | RJD | MGB | ||||
Colleges
Kuwait 2,595,62
Nevada 2,700,551
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