Saran division, Bihar सारण प्रमंडल |
|
---|---|
Location of Saran division in Bihar | |
Districts | Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj District |
Headquarters | Chhapra |
Population (2011) | 9,819,311 |
Commissioner | Prabhat Shankar |
Website | sarandivision |
Saran division (Hindi: सारण प्रमंडल) is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Chhapra is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists of Saran District, also called Chhapra District, Siwan District, Gopalganj District.
Hathwa Raj was a zamindari in the Saran Division of Bihar belonging to Bhumihars which encompassed 1,365 villages, was inhabited by more than 391,000 people, and produced an annual rental of almost a million rupees.
Coordinates: 25°47′05″N 84°43′39″E / 25.7848°N 84.7274°E