Saran division explained

Saran division
Coordinates:25.7848°N 84.7274°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Bihar
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Chhapra
Parts Type:Districts
Parts Style:para
P1:Saran
Leader Title:Commissioner
Leader Name:Narmdeshwar Lal [Additional Charge] [1]
Population Total:9,819,311
Population As Of:2011
Type:Division of Bihar
P2:Siwan
P3:Gopalganj District

Saran division 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.This is the only division in Bihar, in which all the districts share a boundary with another state; Uttar Pradesh.

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.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Govt shifts 12 IAS officials, five get additional charge . The Times of India . 10 May 2015 . 18 May 2015.
  2. Book: Yang , Anand A. . Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar . . 1999 . 978-0-520-21100-1 . 305 (at page 69) .