East Champaran Bihar

East Champaran District Profile

1. Established

 Champaran- 1866
 Purbi Champaran- 1971

2. Poltical

Area- 3968.0 Sq. Km.
Nearest Railway Station - Bapu Dham Railway Station Motihari
Nearest  Airport- Patna

3.Geographical  Location


Longitude East 840 - 30'& 850 16
 Lattitude North 260 - 16' & 270 -1

4.Boundry

 North- Nepal
East- Sheohar, Sitamarhi
 South- Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj
West- west champaran, Gopalganj

5. Distance From Patna- 170 km


 Muzaffarpur- 90 Km.

 Hazipur- 150 Km.

 Betiah- 50 Km.


6. Natural

RIVERS
GANDAK, SIKARHANA, BAGMATI AND LAL BAKEYA, TILAWE, KACHNA, MOTIA, TIUR, DHANAUTI
CLIMATE

RAINFALL(NORMAL) 1241.6 Millimeter

TEMPERATURE MAX 46 & MIN 5 DEGREE CELCIUS

7. ADMINISTRATIVE

NO OF SUBDIVISION 6
NO OF BLOCKS 27
NO OF POLICE STATION 41
NO OF PANCHAYAT 409
NO OF REVENUE VILLAGE 1345
AGRICULTURE (AS PER 2003-2004 DATA)

8. AREA 391401 Hectare
CULTIVABLE LAND 303923 Hectare
NON CULTIVABLE LAND 87478 Hectare
IRRIGATED LAND 176115 Hectare
NON IRRIGATED LAND 127808 Hectare
MAJOR CROPS Rice Paddy (Basmati Rice), Sugar Cane, Jute, Lentis

9. DEMOGRAPHY (ACCORDING TO 2001 CENSUS)
URBAN Male 135366
Female 115720
Total 251086

RURAL Male 1941681
Female 1747006
Total 3688687

10. Total- LITERACY (ACCORDING TO 2001 CENSUS)

MALE 49.3%
FEMALE 24.3%
AGGREGATE 37.5%

11.EDUCATION : NO OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

PRIMARY


RURAL 1734
URBAN 31
TOTAL 1765

UPPER PRIMARY
RURAL 384
URBAN 21
TOTAL 405

HIGH SCHOOL
RURAL 83
URBAN 6
TOTAL 98

DEGREE COLLEGES
RURAL 11
URBAN 6
TOTAL 17

By:- M Z HAQUE



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