Araria district
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Araria district अररिया जिला,ارریہ ضلع |
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| District of Bihar | |
 Location of Araria district in Bihar |
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| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| Administrative division | Purnia |
| Headquarters | Araria |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Araria |
| • Assembly seats | Narpatganj, Raniganj, Forbesganj, Araria, Jokihat, Sikti |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,830 km2 (1,090 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,806,200 |
| • Density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 53.1 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 921 |
| Major highways | NH 57 |
| Website | Official website |
Araria district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Araria town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Araria district is a part of Purnia division. The district occupies an area of 2830 km². It has a view of Mount Kangchenjunga (One of the great peaks of the Himalayan range). This District has total 9 blocks (CD Block ).
During the British period, the area where Mr. Forbes's bungalow was located was called "Residential Area", which people abbreviated to R. Area. Over time, R. Area acquired the pronunciation Arariya.
The territory of the present-day district became Araria sub-division of the erstwhile Purnia district in 1964. Araria district was formed in January 1990 as one of the administrative districts of under Purnia Division
Araria district occupies an area of 2,830 square kilometres (1,090 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Russia's Zemlya Georga. The major rivers of this district are Kosi, Suwara, Kali,Parmar and Koli.
In 2006 the Indian government named Araria one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).
Main agricultural produces of this district are paddy, maize and jute.
Araria district comprises the following Sub-Divisions:
Araria sub-division comprises 4 blocks: Araria, Bhargama, Siktti and Raniganj. Frobesganj sub-division comprises 5 blocks: kursakanta, Forbesganj, Bhargama,raniganj and Narpatganj. raniganj and bhargama are under the joint jurisdiction of both the sub-divisions. There are six Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Narpatganj, Raniganj, Forbesganj, Araria, Jokihat and Sikti. All of these are part of Araria Lok Sabha constituency.
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