Bhojpur district, India

Not to be confused with Bhojpuri region, a larger linguistic area.

For the Nepali district with same name, see Bhojpur District, Nepal.

District of Bihar in India

Bhojpur District

District of Bihar

Arrah–Chhapra Bridge

Location of Bhojpur district in Bihar

Coordinates (Arrah): 25°46′N 84°52′E﻿ / ﻿25.767°N 84.867°E﻿ / 25.767; 84.867
Country|  India
State| Bihar
Division| Patna
Established| 1972
Headquarters| Arrah
Tehsils|

* Agiaon
* Arrah
* Barhara
* Behea
* Charpokhari
* Garhani
* Jagdishpur
* Koilwar
* Piro
* Sahar
* Sandesh
* Shahpur
* Tarari
* Udwant Nagar

Government

• District collector| Raj Kumar, IAS
• Lok Sabha constituencies| Arrah
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Sandesh
* Barhara
* Arrah
* Agiaon (SC)
* Tarari
* Jagdishpur
* Shahpur

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)[1]

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.[2][3]

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.

## Geography

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Bhojpur district occupies an area of 2,395 square kilometres (925 sq mi).[4]

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.[5]

## History

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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.

## Economy

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In 2006 the Indian government named Bhojpur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[6] It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[6]

## Climate

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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.

## Demographics

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Historical populationYear| 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:[7]

Religions in Bhojpur district (2011)[8]

Religion |  | Percent
Hinduism |

| 92.30%
Islam |

| 7.25%
Other or not stated |

| 0.45%

According to the 2011 census Bhojpur district, Bihar has a population of 2,728,407,[9] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait[10] or the US state of Nevada.[11] This gives it a ranking of 145th in India (out of a total of 640).[9] The district has a population density of 1,136 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,940/sq mi).[9] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 21.27%.[9] Bhojpur has a sex ratio of 907 females for every 1000 males,[9] 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.[9]

### Languages

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Languages in Bhojpur district (2011)[12]

Bhojpuri (92.06%)

Hindi (5.23%)

Urdu (2.50%)

Other (0.21%)

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.[12]

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,[13] Hindi and Urdu.

## Administration

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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[14] and 1 municipality, Arrah, which has now become a Municipal Corporation.[15]

### Tehsils

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Bhojpur district comprises three tehsils or Sub-divisions, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM):

1. Arrah Sadar
2. Jagdishpur
3. Piro

### Blocks

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These Tehsils are further divided into 14 Blocks, each headed by a Block Development Officer (BDO)[16]

1. Arrah
2. Agiaon
3. Barhara
4. Bihiya
5. Charpokhari
6. Garhani
7. Jagdispur
8. Koilwar
9. Piro
10. Udwantnagar
11. Sahar
12. Sandesh
13. Shahpur
14. Tarari

## Politics

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

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 [17]
Shiv Prakash Ranjan  |  | CPI(ML)L |  | MGB |
196  | Tarari | Sudama Prasad |  | CPI(ML)L |  | MGB |
Vacant
197  | Jagdishpur | Ram Vishnun Yadav |  | RJD |  | MGB |
198  | Shahpur | Rahul Tiwari |  | RJD |  | MGB |

## Education

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Colleges

* Veer Kunwar Singh University
* Harprasad Das Jain College
* Maharaja College, Arrah
* Jagjiwan College

## Notable people

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### Freedom fighter

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* Veer Kunwar Singh, leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Bihar.
* Hare Krishna Singh, commander-in-chief of Kunwar Singh's forces during the rebellion.
* Sachchidananda Sinha, interim President of the Constituent Assembly of India, member of the Imperial Legislative Council and the Indian Legislative Assembly.
* Abdul Qaiyum Ansari, freedom fighter, President of All India Momin conference; fought against Jinnah's two nation theory, cabinet minister of Bihar, member of parliament.

### Politics

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* Babu Jagjivan Ram, Deputy Prime Minister of India, Defense Minister of India during 1971 India Pakistan war.
* Meira Kumar, first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha; former Union Minister and former Indian ambassador to Spain and the UK.
* Jagat Narain Lal, general secretary of Hindu Mahasabha.
* Ram Subhag Singh, former Union Minister; He was the leader of India's first Opposition in the Lok Sabha (1969-1970).
* Bindeshwari Dubey, Chief Minister of Bihar. Union minister for Law and Justice in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet
* Anant Sharma, former Governor of Punjab and West Bengal; former Union Minister in Government of India during Indira Gandhi's time.
* Amrendra Pratap Singh, Cabinet Minister of Agriculture in Government of Bihar.
* Brahmeshwar Singh, head of Ranvir Sena.
* Jagdish Mahto, founder of Naxal movement in Ekwari, member of CPI (ML).
* Shivanand Tiwari, ex-Cabinet Minister in Government of Bihar and former Rajya Sabha MP on JDU ticket.

### Government office holders

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* Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, 6th Chief Justice of India (1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964).
* B.P. Singh, Judge at the Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Grandson of Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha.
* Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh, Ex-Chief Justice of the Patna High Court from 1976 to 1982. (a native of Kulharia)
* Anil Sinha, Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from 2014 to 2016.
* Shashi Bhushan Sahai (IPS), Director-General of Bihar Police.
* Muni Lall (IAS), Ex-Union Minister of India and Lok Sabha MP of Sasaram from 1996 to 2004.

### Academia & literature

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* Vashishtha Narayan Singh, mathematician.
* Amitava Kumar, English writer, Helen D. Lockwood Chair Professor at Vassar College
* Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Hindi novelist.
* Mithileshwar, Hindi writer.
* Dr.Bharat Mishra got padmashree award

### Television & film personalities

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* S. H. Bihari, Bollywood lyricist.
* Shailendra (lyricist), Bollywood lyricist.
* Vinay Pathak, actor.
* Pawan Singh, singer and actor.
* Neeraj Pandey, filmmaker.
* Vishal Aditya Singh, actor.

## Villages

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* Bakhorapur
* Kanaili
* Ekwari
* Jalpura Tapa
* Kulharia
* Masarh
* Sakaddi

## References

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1. ^ Bhojpur
2. ^ Gopal, Surendra (22 December 2017). Mapping Bihar: From Medieval to Modern Times. Routledge. ISBN 9781351034166.
3. ^ Singh, Surinder; Gaur, I. D. (2008). Popular Literature and Pre-modern Societies in South Asia. Pearson Education India. ISBN 9788131713587.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ "About District | Welcome To Bhojpur District | India". Retrieved 2 July 2020.
6. ^ a b 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.
7. ^ "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
8. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
9. ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Bhojpur" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
10. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. "Kuwait 2,595,62"
11. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. "Nevada 2,700,551"
12. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
13. ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bhojpuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
14. ^ "List of police stations in Bhojpur District, India". Bihar Police. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
15. ^ Babu Veer Kunwar Singh Babu Veer Kunwar Singh. "Welcome To Bhojpur District | India". Bhojpur.nic.in. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
16. ^ https://bhojpur.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/ , Bhojpur District, Bihar.
17. ^ "CPI-ML MLA Manoj Manzil disqualified from Bihar assembly". Indian Express.

## External links

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* Official website

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Places adjacent to Bhojpur district, India

|  | Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh | Saran district

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Buxar district |

Bhojpur district

| Patna district
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Rohtas district |  | Arwal district

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State of Bihar

Capital: Patna

State symbols|

* Animal: Gaur
* Bird: House sparrow
* Flower: Marigolds
* Tree: Sacred fig

History|

* Chhath
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* Janaka
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Divisions and
districts|

* Bhagalpur
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* Bhagalpur
* Darbhanga
* Darbhanga
* Madhubani
* Samastipur
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* Madhepura
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* Lakhisarai
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* Patna
* Bhojpur
* Buxar
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* Patna
* Rohtas
* Purnia
* Araria
* Katihar
* Kishanganj
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* Saran
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* Saran
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* Muzaffarpur
* Sheohar
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Cities|

* Patna
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* Arrah
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* Katihar
* Munger
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Municipal corporations|

* Patna Municipal Corporation
* Chhapra Municipal Corporation

Politics|

* Elections in Bihar
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Culture|

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* Culture of Angika region
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Cities and towns in Patna Division

Bhojpur district|

* Arrah
* Behea
* Koilwar
* Piro
* Shahpur

Buxar district|

* Buxar
* Dumraon
* Raghunathpur

Kaimur district|

* Bhabua
* Kudra
* Mohania
* Ramgarh

Patna district|

* Badalpura
* Bakhtiarpur
* Barh
* Bihta
* Bikram
* Danapur
* Dinapur Cantonment
* Fatuha
* Hasanchak
* Khagaul
* Khusrupur
* Maner
* Maner Sharif
* Masaurhi
* Mokameh
* Nadwan
* Paliganj
* Patna
* Phulwari Sharif
* Pundarakh

Rohtas district|

* Banjari
* Bikramganj
* Chenari
* Dalmianagar
* Dehri on Sone
* Koath
* Nokha
* Sasaram
* Tilouthu

Nalanda district|

* Bihar Sharif
* Hilsa
* Ekangarsarai
* Islampur
* Pawapuri
* Rajgir
* Silao
* Harnaut
* Chandi

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Patna division topics

General|

* Azimabad
* Battle of Buxar
* Kaimur Range
* Nalanda
* Pataliputra
* Takht Sri Patna Sahib
* Tourist attractions

Districts|

* Bhojpur
* Buxar
* Kaimur
* Nalanda
* Patna
* Rohtas

Rivers|

* Ganges
* Durgavati
* Karmanasa
* Punpun
* Son

Dams, barrages|

* Indrapuri Barrage

Transport|

* NH 22
* NH 31
* NH 139
* NH 322
* NH 431
* NH 922
* NH 83 (old numbering)
* Digha–Sonpur Bridge
* Koilwar Bridge
* Howrah–Delhi main line
* Grand Chord
* Gaya–Mughalsarai section
* Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line
* Mahatma Gandhi Setu
* Mokama–Barauni section
* Nehru Setu
* Jawahar Setu
* Rajendra Setu

Railway stations|

* Bakhtiyarpur Junction
* Barh
* Bhabua Road
* Danapur Terminal
* Dehri-on-Sone
* Fatuha Junction
* Gulzarbagh
* Hathidah Junction
* Harnaut
* Khusropur
* Mokama Junction
* Patliputra Junction
* Patna Junction
* Patna Sahib
* Rajendra Nagar Terminal
* Rajgir

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Arrah
* Buxar
* Jahanabad
* Karakat
* Nalanda
* Pataliputra
* Patna Sahib
* Sasaram

See also|

* People from Patna
* People from Rohtas district

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Son basin

Rivers|

* Auranga
* Amanat
* Burha
* Kanhar
* North Koel
* Rihand
* Son

Dams, barrages|

* Bansagar Dam
* Indrapuri Barrage
* Rihand Dam

Geographical features|

* Maikal Hills
* Kaimur Range
* Chota Nagpur Plateau

Riparian districts|

| Madhya Pradesh|

* Anuppur
* Shahdol
* Sidhi
* Singrauli

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Chhattisgarh|

* Jaspur
* Surguja

Uttar Pradesh|

* Sonbhadra

Jharkhand|

* Garhwa
* Palamu
* Ranchi
* Gumla

Bihar|

* Aurangabad
* Rohtas
* Arwal
* Bhojpur
* Patna

Languages/people|

* Baiga
* Gondi people
* Kurukh
* Munda
* Hindi
* Bagheli
* Bhojpuri

Coalfields|

* Sohagpur
* Umaria
* Singrauli

Transport|

* NH 75
* Grand Trunk Road
* NH 2
* NH 30
* NH 98
* Howrah–Delhi main line
* Grand Chord
* Gaya–Mughalsarai section
* Koilwar Bridge
* Nehru Setu
* Jawahar Setu

Other basins|

* Damodar
* Godavari
* Kosi
* Mahanadi–Brahmani–Baitarani
* Narmada

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

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