Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Bihar
- Division
- Tirhut
- Established
- 10 December 1972
- Headquarters
- Hajipur
- Educationist
- Shri Rajdeo Ray
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Hajipur , Vaishali
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- Hajipur , Lalganj , Vaishali , Mahua , Raja Pakar , Raghopur , Mahnar , Patepur
- Total
- 2,036 km (786 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 51 m (167 ft)
- Density
- 1,717/km (4,446/sq mi)
- Literacy
- 66.60%
- Sex ratio
- 1.895 ♂ / ♀
- Official
- Hindi
- Additional official
- English
- Regional languages
- Bajjika and Bhojpuri
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 8441xx (Vaishali)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Named after
- Vaishali
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Tirhut division
- Capital
- Vaishali
- Population
- 3495021
- Area
- 2036
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Saran District
- Official website
- vaishali.bih.nic.in
- Households
- 626087
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- inception
- 1972-00-00
- Commons category
- Vaishali district
- topic's main category
- Category:Vaishali district
- male population
- 1844535
- female population
- 1650486
- urban population
- 233079
- rural population
- 3261942
- literate population
- 1926740
- illiterate population
- 1568281
- short name
- VSH
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Encyclopedic overview
Vaishali district is a district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a part of Tirhut division. Vaishali is known for being the birthplace of Mahavira of the Jain religion. Hajipur, its largest city and district headquarters, is known for its banana forest. The district is connected via the NH-77 and NH-322 highways, Gandhi Setu and Jay Prakash Setu (JP Setu) Bridges over(Holy) Ganga River which connect the state capital Patna, the division headquarters Muzaffarpur, and the eastward district Samastipur.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vaishali district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.