Araria district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Bihar
- Region
- Mithila
- Division
- Purnia
- Established
- 14 Jan 1990
- Headquarters
- Araria
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Araria
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- Narpatganj , Raniganj , Forbesganj , Araria , Jokihat , Sikti
- Total
- 2,830 km (1,090 sq mi)
- Density
- 993/km (2,570/sq mi)
- Literacy
- 53.53%(2011)
- Sex ratio
- 921 females for every 1000 males
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Major highways
- NH 27
- Hdi 2016
- 0.251 ( low )
- Website
- araria .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
:: Welcome to Araria District :: | An Official Website of District Adminstration Araria | India
An Official Website of District Adminstration Araria
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Purnia division
- Capital
- Araria
- Population
- 2811569
- Area
- 2830
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Supaul district
- Official website
- araria.bih.nic.in
- Households
- 568142
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- topic's main category
- Category:Araria district
- male population
- 1463333
- female population
- 1348236
- urban population
- 168777
- rural population
- 2642792
- literate population
- 1195768
- illiterate population
- 1615801
- Commons category
- Araria district
- native label
- Araria
- short name
- ARA
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Encyclopedic overview
Araria district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. Araria district is a part of Purnia division. The district occupies an area of 2,830 km (1,090 sq mi). Araria town is the administrative headquarters of this district. The Indo–Nepal border is about 8 km from Forbesganj headquarters.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Araria district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.