world.wikisort.org - IndiaWest Champaran is an administrative district in the state of Bihar in India, located just 60 km (37 mi) west of Birgunj. It is the largest district in bihar with an area of 5,228 km²(2,019sq mi). It is a part of Tirhut Division.[1] The district headquarters are located in Bettiah. The district is known for its open border with Nepal.
One of the major location in West Champaran is Kumar Bagh for SAIL Special Processing Unit and Bhitiharwa where Mahatma Gandhi started Satyagrah Aandolan.
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District of Bihar in India
West Champaran district |
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Location of West Champaran district in Bihar |
Coordinates (Bettiah): 26°48′N 84°30′E |
Country | India |
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State | Bihar |
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Division | Tirhut |
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Headquarters | Bettiah |
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Tehsils | 18 |
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• Lok Sabha constituencies | Paschim Champaran, Valmiki Nagar |
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• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Valmiki Nagar, Ramnagar, Narkatiaganj, Bagaha, Lauriya, Nautan, Chanpatia, Bettiah, Sikta |
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• Total | 5,228 km2 (2,019 sq mi) |
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• Rank | 1 (in bihar) |
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• Total | 3,935,042 |
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• Density | 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
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• Literacy | 58.06 per cent |
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• Sex ratio | 906 |
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Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
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Major highways | NH 28B |
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Website | http://westchamparan.bih.nic.in/ |
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Geography
West Champaran district occupies an area of 5,228 square kilometres (2,019 sq mi),[2] comparatively equivalent to Canada's Amund Ringnes Island.[3]
Flora and fauna
In 1989 West Champaran district became home to Valmiki National Park, which has an area of 336 km2 (129.7 sq mi). It is also home to two wildlife sanctuaries: Valmiki (adjacent to its namesake national park) and
Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary.[4] Fauna include the Bengal tiger.[5][6]
Sub-Divisions
West Champaran district comprises the following Sub-Divisions: Bettiah, Bagaha, and Narkatiaganj.
Blocks: Bettiah, Sikta, Mainatand, Chanpattia, Bairia, Lauria, Bagaha - 1, Bagaha - 2, Madhubani, Gaunaha, Narkatiaganj, Manjhaulia, Nautan, Jogapatti, Ramnagar, Thakraha, Bhitaha, Piprasi
The district is well connected by roads and railways to all major cities.
Politics
Lok Sabha constituencies in the district are Paschim Champaran, Valmiki Nagar.
Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the district are Valmiki Nagar, Ramnagar, Narkatiaganj, Bagaha, Lauriya, Nautan, Chanpatia, Bettiah, Sikta
This section is transcluded from 17th Bihar Assembly. (edit | history)
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Constituency |
Name |
Party |
Alliance |
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1 |
Valmiki Nagar |
Dhirendra Pratap Singh |
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Janata Dal (United) |
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MGB |
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2 |
Ramnagar |
Bhagirathi Devi |
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Bharatiya Janata Party |
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NDA |
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3 |
Narkatiaganj |
Rashmi Varma |
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Bharatiya Janata Party |
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NDA |
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4 |
Bagaha |
Ram Singh |
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Bharatiya Janata Party |
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NDA |
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5 |
Lauriya |
Vinay Bihari |
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Bharatiya Janata Party |
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NDA |
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6 |
Nautan |
Narayan Prasad |
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Bharatiya Janata Party |
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NDA |
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7 |
Chanpatia |
Umakant Singh |
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Bharatiya Janata Party |
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NDA |
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8 |
Bettiah |
Renu Devi |
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Bharatiya Janata Party |
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NDA |
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9 |
Sikta |
Birendra Prasad Gupta |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |
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MGB |
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Demographics
Historical populationYear | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 762,628 | — |
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1911 | 812,855 | +0.64% |
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1921 | 826,679 | +0.17% |
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1931 | 913,931 | +1.01% |
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1941 | 1,021,217 | +1.12% |
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1951 | 1,071,382 | +0.48% |
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1961 | 1,325,122 | +2.15% |
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1971 | 1,587,019 | +1.82% |
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1981 | 1,972,610 | +2.20% |
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1991 | 2,333,666 | +1.70% |
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2001 | 3,043,466 | +2.69% |
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2011 | 3,935,042 | +2.60% |
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Religions in West Champaran District[8] |
Religion |
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Percent |
Hindus |
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77.44% |
Muslims |
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21.98% |
Not Stated |
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0.24% |
Christian |
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0.22% |
Others |
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0.05% |
Buddhist |
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0.03% |
Sikh |
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0.02% |
Jain |
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0.01% |
According to the 2011 census West Champaran district has a population of 3,935,042,[9] roughly equal to the nation of Liberia[10] or the US state of Oregon.[11] This gives it a ranking of 63rd in India (out of a total of 640).[9] The district has a population density of 750 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,900/sq mi) .[9] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 28.89%.[9] Pashchim Champaran has a sex ratio of 906 females for every 1000 males,[9] and a literacy rate of 58.06%. Scheduled Castes and Tribes made up 14.1% and 6.4% of the population respectively.[9]
Languages
Languages in West Champaran (2011)[12]
Bhojpuri (91.86%)
Others (0.87%)
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.86% of the population in the district spoke Mallika, 3.32% Hindi and 2.97% Urdu as their first language.[13]
Languages include Bhojpuri, a tongue in the Bihari language group with almost 51,000,000 speakers, written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts.[14]
Culture
The city is the birthplace of poet Gopal Singh Nepali. Mahatma Gandhi started the Champaran Satyagraha movement from here in 1917 along with nationalists Rajendra Prasad, Anugrah Narayan Sinha and Brajkishore Prasad.
Notable people
- Manoj Bajpayee, Film actor.
- Vinay Bihari, Actor, Lyricist.
- Mahatma Gandhi, Freedom fighter who started the Champaran Satyagraha movement here.
- Sanjay Jaiswal, Politician
- Prakash Jha, Film director.
- Manish Jha, Film director and theatre actor.
- Baidyanath Prasad Mahto,
Politician, Member of Parliament.
- Krishna Kumar Mishra, Politician.
- Vikas Mishra (economist)
- Gopal Singh Nepali, Hindi poet.
- Gauri Shankar Pandey, Politician.
- Kedar Pandey, Former Chief Minister of Bihar
- Raghaw Sharan Pandey, IAS (Retd), Former Union Petroleum Secretary, Politician
- Damodar Raao, Film Music Director, Actor & Singer
- Valmiki Rishi, an ascetic who wrote Hindu epic Ramayana here.
[Sunil Kumar], Member of Parliament
See also
References
- http://tirhut-muzaffarpur.bih.nic.in Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (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.
- "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 1998-02-18. Archived from the original on 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
Amund Ringnes Island 5,255km2
- Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment. "Protected areas: Bihar". Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
- Jhala, Y. V.; Gopal, R.; Qureshi, Q., eds. (2008), Status of the Tigers, Co-predators, and Prey in India (PDF), TR 08/001, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Govt. of India, New Delhi; Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2013
- Jhala, Y. V., Qureshi, Q., Sinha, P. R. (Eds.) (2011). Status of tigers, co-predators and prey in India, 2010. National Tiger Conservation Authority, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. TR 2011/003 pp-302
- Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
- "Pashchim Champaran Religion-wise Data 2011". Census 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est.
- "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
Oregon 3,831,074
- "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
- M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bhojpuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
External links
Wikisource has the text of the 1911
Encyclopædia Britannica article "
Champaran".
Places adjacent to West Champaran district |
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State symbols |
- Animal: Gaur
- Bird: House sparrow
- Flower: Marigolds
- Tree: Sacred fig
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History |
- Chhath
- Kingdom of the Videhas
- Janaka
- Sita
- Chirand
- Magadha
- Nanda Dynasty
- Maurya Empire
- Sunga Empire
- Kanva dynasty
- Gupta Empire
- Chandragupta Maurya
- Chanakya
- Bindusara
- Ashoka the Great
- Buddhism in India
- Edicts of Ashoka
- Samudragupta
- Chandragupta II
- Arthashastra
- Lion Capital of Asoka
- Ashoka Chakra
- Pataliputra
- Bimbisara
- Ajatashatru
- Anga
- Rajgir
- Vaishali
- Aryabhata
- Siege of Arrah
- Raj Darbhanga
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- Government
- Legislative Assembly
- Legislative Council
- Chief Ministers
- Human rights Commission
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- High Court
- Police
- Public Service Commission
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Municipal Corporation |
- Patna Municipal Corporation
- Chhapra Municipal Corporation
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Politics |
- Elections in Bihar
- BJP
- JD-U
- RJD
- LJP
- RLSP
- HAM
- Other Political Parties
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Culture |
- Biharis
- Maithils
- Bhojpuri people
- Magahi people
- Chhath Puja
- Cuisine
- Languages
- Music
- Art and craft
- Religion
- Festivals
- Cinema
- Culture of Bihar
- Culture of Angika Region
- Culture of Bhojpuri Region
- Culture of Magadh Region
- Culture of Maithili Region
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Populated places in Tirhut Division by district |
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East Champaran | Cities and towns | |
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Muzaffarpur | Cities and towns | |
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Sheohar | |
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Sitamarhi | Cities and towns | |
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Vaishali | Cities and towns | |
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West Champaran | |
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Cities and towns in other Divisions |
- Bhagalpur
- Darbhanga
- Kosi
- Magadh
- Munger
- Patna
- Purnia
- Saran
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Tirhut division topics |
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Rivers | |
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Transport |
- NH 19
- NH 57
- NH 77
- NH 102
- NH 103
- NH 227
- NH 527
- NH 527D
- NH 727
- Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines
- Barauni–Samastipur–Muzaffarpur–Hajipur line
- Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi)
- Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line
- Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section
- Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
- Barauni–Samastipur section
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Railway stations | |
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Lok Sabha constituencies |
- Hajipur
- Muzaffarpur
- Paschim Champaran
- Purvi Champaran
- Sheohar
- Sitamarhi
- Vaishali
- Valmiki Nagar
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Vidhan Sabha constituencies | West Champaran |
- Valmiki Nagar
- Ramnagar
- Narkatiaganj
- Bagaha
- Lauriya
- Nautan
- Chanpatia
- Bettiah
- Sikta
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East Champaran |
- Raxaul
- Sugauli
- Narkatiya
- Harsidhi
- Govindganj
- Kesaria
- Kalyanpur
- Pipra
- Madhuban
- Motihari
- Chiraia
- Dhaka
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Sheohar | |
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Sitamarhi |
- Riga
- Bathnala
- Parihar
- Sursand
- Bajpatti
- Sitamarhi
- Runnisaidpur
- Belsand
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Muzaffarpur |
- Gaighat
- Aurai
- Minapur
- Bochahan
- Sakra
- Kurhani
- Muzaffarpur
- Kanti
- Baruraj
- Paroo
- Sahebganj
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Vaishali |
- Hajipur
- Lalganj
- Vaishali
- Mahua
- Raja Pakar
- Raghopur
- Mahnar
- Patepur
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Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies |
- Dhanaha
- Shikarpur
- Adapur
- Ghorasahan
- Majorganj
- Sonbarsha
- Pupri
- Jandaha
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See also |
- Cities and towns in Tirhut Division
- Villages in West Champaran district
- Villages in East Champaran district
- Villages in Sitamarhi district
- Villages in Muzaffarpur district
- Villages in Vaishali district
- People from Sitamarhi district
- Bihar topics
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Other divisions |
- Bhagalpur
- Darbhanga
- Kosi
- Magadh
- Munger
- Patna
- Purnia
- Saran
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На других языках
- [en] West Champaran district
[ru] Западный Чампаран
Западный Чампаран (хинди मग़रिबी चंपारण ज़िला; урду مغرِبی چمپارن ضلع; англ. West Champaran) — округ на северо-западе индийского штата Бихар. Административный центр — город Беттиах. Площадь округа — 5229 км². По данным всеиндийской переписи 2001 года население округа составляло 3 043 466 человек. Уровень грамотности взрослого населения составлял 38,93 %, что значительно ниже среднеиндийского уровня (59,5 %). По верованиям индуистов, в этом месте Вальмики написал «Рамаяну».
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