Lakhisarai district
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Lakhisarai district लक्खिसराय जिला |
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| District of Bihar | |
 Location of Lakhisarai district in Bihar |
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| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| Administrative division | Munger |
| Headquarters | Lakhisarai |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Munger |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,228 km2 (474 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,000,717 |
| • Density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 80.34 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 900 |
| Website | Official website |
Lakhisarai district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Lakhisarai town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Lakhisarai district is a part of Munger Division. The district occupies an area of 1228 km2. The district has a population of 8,01,173 (2001 census).
Population: Total: 671634 Rural: 586294 Urban: 85340
Agriculture: Paddy, Wheat, Lentils
Rivers : Ganges, Mohane, Harohar, Kiul
On July 3, 1994 this district was carved out from Munger district, which comprised the erstwhile Lakhisarai sub-division of the undivided district.
Lakhisarai district occupies an area of 1,228 square kilometres (474 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Papua New Guinea's New Hanover Island.
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Lakhisarai one of the country's 250 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).
The district consists only one sub-division Lakhisarai, which is divided into six developmental blocks, namely, Lakhisarai, Surya Garha, Barahia, Halsi, Piparia and Ramgarh Chowk. The district headquarters Lakhisarai is a city with mixed population, the majority being the upper-caste (Bhumihaar-Brahmins) people. Still under the process of development, the city has one newly constructed PCC road and a bypass under construction. The Law and Order as well as development process is taking place after Nitish Kumar Govt came into Power. Also, Piribazar, Chanan police stations are naxal-prone due to their geographical layout. The city well known for its sindur (vermilion) production.
Lakhisarai is also famous for Ashokdham temple, Bhagvati sthan temple at Abhaipur, Abhaynath temple at the hills beside Abhaipur Village, Maharani temple at Barahiya, Baba Govind temple at Mano-Rampur and for Shringirishi mountains and Surya Mandir at Pokhrama village in Alinagar Panchyat. This area is to be developed for Gautam Budha visits and related relics.
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