West Champaran district explained

West Champaran district
Settlement Type:District
Total Type:Total
Coordinates:26.8°N 114°W
Coor Pinpoint:Bettiah
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Bihar
Subdivision Type2:Division
Subdivision Name2:Tirhut
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Bettiah
Parts Type:Tehsils
Parts Style:para
P1:18
Area Total Km2:5228
Area Rank:1 (in bihar)
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:3,935,042
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Demographics
Demographics1 Title1:Literacy
Demographics1 Info1:58.06 per cent
Demographics1 Title2:Sex ratio
Demographics1 Info2:906
Leader Title1:Lok Sabha constituencies
Leader Name1:Paschim Champaran, Valmiki Nagar
Leader Title2:Vidhan Sabha constituencies
Leader Name2:Valmiki Nagar, Ramnagar, Narkatiaganj, Bagaha, Lauriya, Nautan, Chanpatia, Bettiah, Sikta
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+05:30
Blank Name Sec1:Major highways
Blank Info Sec1:NH 28B
Postal Code Type:PIN Code
Postal Code:8454XX
Website:http://westchamparan.bih.nic.in/

West Champaran is an administrative district in the state of Bihar in India, located just 60km (40miles) west of Birgunj. It is the largest district in Bihar with an area of 5,228 km2(2,019sq mi). It is a part of Tirhut Division.[1] The district headquarters are located in Bettiah. The district is known for its open border with Nepal.One of the major location in West Champaran is Kumar Bagh for SAIL Special Processing Unit and Bhitiharwa where Mahatma Gandhi started Satyagrah Aandolan.

West Champaran is the largest sugarcane producing district of Bihar in 2022.[2]

Geography

West Champaran district occupies an area of 5228km2,[3] comparatively equivalent to Canada's Amund Ringnes Island.[4]

Flora and fauna

In 1989 West Champaran district became home to Valmiki National Park, which has an area of 336abbr=onNaNabbr=on. It is also home to two wildlife sanctuaries: Valmiki (adjacent to its namesake national park) andUdaypur Wildlife Sanctuary.[5] Fauna include the Bengal tiger.[6]

Administrative divisions

The West Champaran district is divided into 3 Tehsil (sub-division):

  1. Bettiah
  2. Bagaha
  3. Narkatiaganj

Blocks

The West Champaran district is divided into 18 Blocks:[7]

The district is well connected by roads and railways to all major cities.

Politics

Lok Sabha constituencies in the district are Paschim Champaran, Valmiki Nagar.

Vidhan Sabha constituencies in the district are Valmiki Nagar, Ramnagar, Narkatiaganj, Bagaha, Lauriya, Nautan, Chanpatia, Bettiah, Sikta

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Demographics

According to the 2011 census West Champaran district has a population of 3,935,042,[8] roughly equal to the nation of Liberia[9] or the US state of Oregon.[10] This gives it a ranking of 63rd in India (out of a total of 640).[8] The district has a population density of 750PD/sqkm.[8] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 28.89%.[8] Pashchim Champaran has a sex ratio of 906 females for every 1000 males,[8] and a literacy rate of 58.06%. 9.99% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Tribes made up 14.08% and 6.35% of the population respectively.[8]

Languages

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.86% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 3.32% Hindi and 2.97% Urdu as their first language.[11]

Languages include Bhojpuri, a tongue in the Bihari language group with almost 51,000,000 speakers, written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts.[12]

Culture

The city is the birthplace of poet Gopal Singh Nepali. Mahatma Gandhi started the Champaran Satyagraha movement from here in 1917 along with nationalists Rajendra Prasad, Anugrah Narayan Sinha and Brajkishore Prasad.

Notable people

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://tirhut-muzaffarpur.bih.nic.in
  2. Web site: Bihar Economic Survey 2022-23 . 2023-05-07 . state.bihar.gov.in.
  3. Book: Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) . India 2010: A Reference Annual . States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government . 54th . . 2010 . New Delhi, India . 1118–1119 . 978-81-230-1617-7.
  4. Web site: Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area . 2011-10-11 . 1998-02-18 . . Amund Ringnes Island 5,255km2 . live . https://archive.today/20151201081219/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm . 2015-12-01 .
  5. Web site: Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment. Protected areas: Bihar. September 25, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm. August 23, 2011.
  6. [Yadvendradev Vikramsinh Jhala|Jhala, Y. V.]
  7. Web site: Blocks in Pashchim Champaran District, Bihar . 2024-05-10 . www.census2011.co.in.
  8. Web site: 2011 . District Census Handbook: West Champaran . . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  9. Web site: US Directorate of Intelligence . Country Comparison:Population . 2011-10-01 . Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html . 27 September 2011 .
  10. Web site: 2010 Resident Population Data. U. S. Census Bureau. 2011-09-30. Oregon 3,831,074. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. 2013-10-19.
  11. Web site: 2011 . Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar . censusindia.gov.in . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  12. Encyclopedia: M. Paul Lewis . Ethnologue: Languages of the World . Bhojpuri: A language of India . 2011-09-30 . 16th . 2009 . SIL International . Dallas, Texas . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006002323/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bho . 2011-10-06 .