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Encyclopedia > Araria District

Araria district is one of the districts of Bihar state, India, and Araria town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Araria district is a part of Purnia division. Bihar, a state of India, has currently (2005) thirty-eight administrative districts. ... , Bihar (Hindi: बिहार, Urdu: بہار, IPA: ,  ) is a state of the Indian union situated in the eastern part of the country. ... India is subdivided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories; the states and territories are themselves further subdivided. ... Araria is an administrative district in the state of Bihar in India. ... Purnia division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. ...


Headquarters: Araria
Area: 2,830 km?
Population: Total: 1611638 Rural: 1509360 Urban: 102278
Sub Divisions: Araria Farbisganj (also spelled Forbesganj)
Blocks: Araria, Raniganj, Bharganwan, Kursakata, Sikti, Narpatganj, Farbisganj (also spelled Forbesganj), Palasi, Jokihat
Agriculture: Paddy, Maize, Jute
Industry: Jute Mills
Rivers: Kosi, Suwara, Kali and Koli


Araria as a district was formed in January 1990 as one of the administrative districts of under Purnia Division. During the British period, the area where one Mr. Forbes's Bungalow was located was called "Residential Area", which people called as R. Area. Over a period of time, R. Area acquired the pronunciation Arariya. Renu ji (Phanishwar Nath 'Renu', legendary novelist and story writer, belonged to Araria. Purnia division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. ... The flag of British India British India, circa 1860 The British Raj (Raj in Hindi meaning Rule; from Sanskrit Rajya) was the British rule between 1858 and 1947 of the Indian Subcontinent, which included the present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Burma (Myanmar), whereby these lands were under the colonial... Phanishwar Nath Renu (फणीश्‍वर नाथ रेणु) (1921-1977) is one of the great Hindi novelists of the post-Premchand era. ...


Educational Institutions

SCHOOLS:- Adarsha Bidya Mandir aka samiti school , Rajkiya Krit Kanya Madhya Vidyalay, Araria Public School, Mithila Public School, Araria Boys High School, Araria Girls High School.


COLLEGES:- Araria College, Girls College Araria.


See also

Districts of Bihar River :- Perman Bihar, a state of India, has currently (2005) thirty-eight administrative districts. ...



 
 

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