Araria is a Community development block and a town in district of Araria, in Bihar state of India. It is one out of 6 blocks of Araria subdivision.[1] The headquarter of the block is at Araria town.
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| State | Bihar |
| District | Araria |
| Subdivision | Araria |
| Headquarters | Araria (town) |
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| • Type | Community development |
| • Body | Araria Block |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
The block is divided into many Village Councils and villages.
During the British Raj the area was under the administration of a British district collector and municipal commissioner, Alexander John Forbes (1807-1890) of East India Company. Forbes had a bungalow at the same location. Consequently the area was known as 'residential area' also abbreviated as 'R-area'. Overtime the name transformed to 'Araria' and the neighbouring subdivision came to be known as 'Forbesganj'.[2]
Gram panchayats of Araria block in Araria subdivision, Araria district.[3]
Araria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is the assembly constituency representing Araria (community development block). The same constituency also includes Araria nagar parishad.[4] Avidur Rahman from Indian National Congress is the MLA elected in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
Araria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[4] Pradeep Kumar Singh, BJP is the MP elected in the 2019 Indian general election.
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