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Darbhanga district | |
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 Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga | |
 Location of Darbhanga district in Bihar | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Bihar |
| Region | Mithila[1] |
| 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 | 1,728/km2 (4,475/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 |
Darbhanga district is one of the thirty-eightdistricts of the easternIndian state ofBihar. The city ofDarbhanga is theadministrative headquarters of this district and 5th largest city of Bihar as well. Darbhanga district lies in theDarbhanga division, within the historicalMithila region. The district is bounded on the north byMadhubani district, on the south bySamastipur district, on the east bySaharsa district and on the west bySitamarhi andMuzaffarpur districts. The district covers an area of 2,279 km2 (880 sq mi). There are several locations related to the epic Ramayana. TheAhalya Sthan, Gautam Ashram andGautam Kund are major destinations for theRamayana circuit in the district.
1976 saw the creations of two districts from Darbhanga's territory:Madhubani andSamastipur.[2]
Darbhanga district occupies an area of 2,279 square kilometres (880 sq mi),[4] comparatively equivalent toIndonesia'sYapen Island.[5]
In 2006, theMinistry of Panchayati Raj named Darbhanga one of the country's 250most backward districts (out of a total of640).[6] It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[6]
| 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% |
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| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 77.28% | |||
| Islam | 22.39% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.33% | |||
According to the2011 census, Darbhanga district has apopulation of 3,937,385,[9] roughly equal to the nation ofLiberia[10] or the US state ofOregon.[11] This gives it a ranking of 64th in India (out of a total of640). The district has a population density of 1,721 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,460/sq mi). Itspopulation 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.
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 72.75% of the population in the district spokeMaithili, 20.67%Urdu and 5.96%Hindi as their first language.[12]
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.
| 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.
| 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 |
CurrentlyGopal Jee Thakur ofBhartiya Janta Party is the Member of Parliament fromDarbhanga Lok Sabha Constituency.[14][15]
| District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darbhanga | 78 | Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) | Atirek Kumar | JD(U) | NDA | |||
| 79 | Gaura Bauram | Sujit Kumar | BJP | |||||
| 80 | Benipur | Binay Kumar Choudhary | JD(U) | |||||
| 81 | Alinagar | Maithili Thakur | BJP | |||||
| 82 | Darbhanga Rural | Rajesh Kumar Mandal | JD(U) | |||||
| 83 | Darbhanga | Sanjay Saraogi | BJP | |||||
| 84 | Hayaghat | Ram Chandra Prasad | ||||||
| 85 | Bahadurpur | Madan Sahni | JD(U) | |||||
| 86 | Keoti | Murari Mohan Jha | BJP | |||||
| 87 | Jale | Jibesh Kumar | ||||||
Yapen 2,278km2
Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est.
Oregon 3,831,074
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