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India</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 33 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-33" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">33 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="भोजपुर जिला – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="भोजपुर जिला" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1" title="بوجبور – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بوجبور" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0)" title="भोजपुर जिला(बिहार) – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="भोजपुर जिला(बिहार)" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE,_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="ভোজপুর জেলা, বিহার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভোজপুর জেলা, বিহার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhojpur_(Bihar_%C3%AA_ko%C4%81n)" title="Bhojpur (Bihar ê koān) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bhojpur (Bihar ê koān)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="भोजपुर जिला – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="भोजपुर जिला" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhojpur_(distrito)" title="Bhojpur (distrito) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bhojpur (distrito)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhojpur_(Distrikt,_Bihar)" title="Bhojpur (Distrikt, Bihar) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bhojpur (Distrikt, Bihar)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_de_Bhojpur_(Bihar)" title="Distrito de Bhojpur (Bihar) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Bhojpur (Bihar)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhojpur_barrutia" title="Bhojpur barrutia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bhojpur barrutia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF)" title="بخش بوجپور (هند) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش بوجپور (هند)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Bhojpur_(Bihar)" title="District de Bhojpur (Bihar) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District de Bhojpur (Bihar)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AD%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B0_%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8B" title="ભોજપુર જિલ્લો – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ભોજપુર જિલ્લો" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE,_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="भोजपुर जिला, बिहार – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="भोजपुर जिला, बिहार" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distretto_di_Bhojpur_(India)" title="Distretto di Bhojpur (India) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distretto di Bhojpur (India)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="भोजपुर जिला – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="भोजपुर जिला" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE" title="भोजपूर जिल्हा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="भोजपूर जिल्हा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1" title="بوج بور – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بوج بور" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhojpur_(district_in_Bihar)" title="Bhojpur (district in Bihar) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bhojpur (district in Bihar)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE,_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4" title="भोजपुर जिल्ला, भारत – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="भोजपुर जिल्ला, भारत" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE,_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="भोजपुर जिल्ला, बिहार – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="भोजपुर जिल्ला, बिहार" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bxojpur_tumani,_Bihar" title="Bxojpur tumani, Bihar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bxojpur tumani, Bihar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE,_%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4" title="ਭੋਜਪੁਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ, ਭਾਰਤ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਭੋਜਪੁਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ, ਭਾਰਤ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a 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.hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_region" title="Bhojpuri region">Bhojpuri region</a>, a larger linguistic area.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the Nepali district with same name, see <a href="/wiki/Bhojpur_District,_Nepal" title="Bhojpur District, Nepal">Bhojpur District, Nepal</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">District of Bihar in India</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media 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.infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Bhojpur District</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Bihar" title="List of districts of Bihar">District</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrah-_Chhapra_Bridge,_Ara_(Bihar).jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Arrah–Chhapra Bridge"><img alt="Arrah–Chhapra Bridge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Arrah-_Chhapra_Bridge%2C_Ara_%28Bihar%29.jpeg/250px-Arrah-_Chhapra_Bridge%2C_Ara_%28Bihar%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Arrah-_Chhapra_Bridge%2C_Ara_%28Bihar%29.jpeg/375px-Arrah-_Chhapra_Bridge%2C_Ara_%28Bihar%29.jpeg 1.5x, 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1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Bihar_district_location_map_Bhojpur.svg/500px-Bihar_district_location_map_Bhojpur.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="983" data-file-height="755" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Bhojpur district in Bihar</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates (Arrah): <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bhojpur_district,_India&params=25_46_N_84_52_E_type:city(2728407)_region:IN"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°46′N</span> <span class="longitude">84°52′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.767°N 84.867°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">25.767; 84.867</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Bihar_Government_Banner.png/23px-Bihar_Government_Banner.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Bihar_Government_Banner.png/35px-Bihar_Government_Banner.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Bihar_Government_Banner.png/45px-Bihar_Government_Banner.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Bihar" title="Administrative divisions of Bihar">Division</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patna_division" title="Patna division">Patna</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1972</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrah" title="Arrah">Arrah</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Tehsils_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehsils of India">Tehsils</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agiaon" title="Agiaon">Agiaon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Arrah" title="Arrah">Arrah</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Barhara" title="Barhara">Barhara</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Behea" class="mw-redirect" title="Behea">Behea</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Charpokhari" title="Charpokhari">Charpokhari</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Garhani" title="Garhani">Garhani</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jagdishpur" title="Jagdishpur">Jagdishpur</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Koilwar" title="Koilwar">Koilwar</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Piro,_Bhojpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Piro, Bhojpur">Piro</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sahar,_Bihar" title="Sahar, Bihar">Sahar</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sandesh,_Bihar" title="Sandesh, Bihar">Sandesh</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Shahpur,_Bihar" title="Shahpur, Bihar">Shahpur</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tarari,_Bihar" title="Tarari, Bihar">Tarari</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Udwantnagar" title="Udwantnagar">Udwant Nagar</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/District_collector" class="mw-redirect" title="District collector">District collector</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Raj Kumar, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrah_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Arrah Lok Sabha constituency">Arrah</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly">Vidhan Sabha constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sandesh_Assembly_constituency" title="Sandesh Assembly constituency">Sandesh</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Barhara_Assembly_constituency" title="Barhara Assembly constituency">Barhara</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Arrah_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Arrah Assembly constituency">Arrah</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Agiaon_Assembly_constituency" title="Agiaon Assembly constituency">Agiaon (SC)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tarari_Assembly_constituency" title="Tarari Assembly constituency">Tarari</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jagdishpur,_Bihar_Assembly_constituency" title="Jagdishpur, Bihar Assembly constituency">Jagdishpur</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Shahpur,_Bihar_Assembly_constituency" title="Shahpur, Bihar Assembly constituency">Shahpur</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,395 km<sup>2</sup> (925 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,728,407</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,100/km<sup>2</sup> (3,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">Literacy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">72.79%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">802301 (Bhojpur)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">BR-03</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Roads_in_India" title="Roads in India">Major highways</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_922_(India)" title="National Highway 922 (India)">NH-922</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bhojpur.nic.in/">Bhojpur District</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bhojpur District</b> is one of the 38 districts of the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>. <a href="/wiki/Arrah" title="Arrah">Arrah</a> city (also known as Ara) is the administrative headquarters of this district. Bhojpur district came into existence in 1972. Earlier it was the part of <a href="/wiki/Shahabad_district" title="Shahabad district">Shahabad district</a>. This district is named "Bhojpur" after great <a href="/wiki/Paramara_dynasty" title="Paramara dynasty">Parmara</a> King <a href="/wiki/Bhoja" title="Bhoja">Bhoja</a> as most early settlers were Rajput rulers of <a href="/wiki/Parmara_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Parmara dynasty">Parmara dynasty</a> then called as <a href="/wiki/Ujjainiya" title="Ujjainiya">Ujjainiya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the year 1972, Shahabad District was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur and <a href="/wiki/Rohtas_district" title="Rohtas district">Rohtas</a>. <a href="/wiki/Buxar" title="Buxar">Buxar</a> was a subdivision of old Bhojpur District then. In 1992, Buxar became a separate district and presently the rest of Bhojpur District has now three sub-divisions – <a href="/wiki/Arrah" title="Arrah">Ara</a> Sadar, <a href="/wiki/Jagdishpur" title="Jagdishpur">Jagdishpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piro,_Bhojpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Piro, Bhojpur">Piro</a>. It shares its border with <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> in the north west. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bhojpur District occupies an area of 2,395 square kilometres (925 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-Reference_Annual_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reference_Annual-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is located (the headquarter Arrah) at a longitude of 83° 45' to 84° 45' East and the latitude is 25° 10' to 25° 40' North and is situated at a height of 193 meters above sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Till 1972, Bhojpur was part of old <a href="/wiki/Shahabad_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Shahabad District">Shahabad District</a>. The present district of Bhojpur came into existence in 1972, when Shahabad district was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur and <a href="/wiki/Rohtas_district" title="Rohtas district">Rohtas</a>. From 1972 to 1991, Buxar was a sub-division of Bhojpur district only. Later on 17 March 1991 <a href="/wiki/Buxar_district" title="Buxar district">Buxar district</a> got separated from Bhojpur district. Bhojpur falls under <a href="/wiki/Patna_division" title="Patna division">Patna division</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006 the Indian government named Bhojpur one of the country's 250 <a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_India" title="Poverty in India">most backward districts</a> (out of a total of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">640</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-brgf_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brgf-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<sup id="cite_ref-brgf_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brgf-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate of the district is of moderately extreme type. The summers are hot and the winter are cool. Most of the rain that the district receives is from the South- West monsoon, during July and August. Winters are quite dry and light showers may take place during the Rabi crop. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;margin:0.5em auto;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">641,566</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">609,751</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.51%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">593,796</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.26%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">652,468</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.95%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1941</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">762,131</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.57%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">879,888</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.45%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,021,109</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.50%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,230,052</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.88%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,490,714</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.94%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,792,771</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.86%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,243,144</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.27%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,728,407</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.98%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">source:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="notheme barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions in Bhojpur district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:92.30%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">92.30%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Bihari_Muslims" title="Bihari Muslims">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:7.25%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.25%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.45%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.45%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2011_census_of_India" title="2011 census of India">2011 census</a> Bhojpur district, Bihar has a <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">population</a> of 2,728,407,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roughly equal to the nation of <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a><sup id="cite_ref-cia_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the US state of <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gives it a ranking of 145th in India (out of a total of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">640</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district has a population density of 1,136 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,940/sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Family_planning_in_India" title="Family planning in India">population growth rate</a> over the decade 2001–2011 was 21.27%.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhojpur has a <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 907 <a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">females</a> for every 1000 males,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">literacy rate</a> of 72.79%. 14.29% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.59% and 0.51% of the population respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:grey; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 7578.3669858236px; border-left-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:green"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 581.60080106075px; border-left-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 183.53490373345px; border-left-color:gold"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:gold"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:gold"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Languages in Bhojpur district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-languages_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a> (92.06%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> (5.23%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> (2.50%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> Other (0.21%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>At the time of the <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a>, 92.06% of the population in the district spoke <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhojpuri Language">Bhojpuri</a>, 5.23% <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> and 2.50% <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> as their first language. Bhojpuri is considered a Hindi dialect in the census, so in census data its speakers are categorized as speaking Hindi.<sup id="cite_ref-languages_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Languages include <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a>, a language with almost 2,000,000 speakers, according to the study of 'Times of India Daily' written in both the <a href="/wiki/Devanagari" title="Devanagari">Devanagari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kaithi" title="Kaithi">Kaithi</a> scripts,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bhojpur District (headquartered at Arrah) is headed by an IAS officer of the rank of <a href="/wiki/District_Magistrate" class="mw-redirect" title="District Magistrate">District Magistrate</a> (DM). </p><p>The district has got 1209 villages under 228 <a href="/wiki/Gram_Panchayat" class="mw-redirect" title="Gram Panchayat">Gram Panchayats</a>, 34 territorial police stations<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1 municipality, Arrah, which has now become a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation_(India)" title="Municipal corporation (India)">Municipal Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tehsils">Tehsils</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tehsils"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bhojpur district comprises three tehsils or Sub-divisions, each headed by a <a href="/wiki/Sub-Divisional_Magistrate" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub-Divisional Magistrate">Sub-Divisional Magistrate</a> (SDM): </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Arrah" title="Arrah">Arrah Sadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdishpur" title="Jagdishpur">Jagdishpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piro,_Bhojpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Piro, Bhojpur">Piro</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blocks">Blocks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Blocks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These Tehsils are further divided into 14 <a href="/wiki/Community_development_block" title="Community development block">Blocks</a>, each headed by a Block Development Officer (BDO)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol><li>Arrah</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agiaon" title="Agiaon">Agiaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barhara" title="Barhara">Barhara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihiya">Bihiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charpokhari" title="Charpokhari">Charpokhari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garhani" title="Garhani">Garhani</a></li> <li>Jagdispur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koilwar" title="Koilwar">Koilwar</a></li> <li>Piro</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udwantnagar" title="Udwantnagar">Udwantnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahar,_Bihar" title="Sahar, Bihar">Sahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandesh,_Bihar" title="Sandesh, Bihar">Sandesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahpur,_Bihar" title="Shahpur, Bihar">Shahpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarari,_Bihar" title="Tarari, Bihar">Tarari</a></li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/17th_Bihar_Assembly" title="17th Bihar Assembly">17th Bihar Assembly</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=17th_Bihar_Assembly&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=17th_Bihar_Assembly&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>District </th> <th>No. </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Name </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="2">Alliance </th> <th>Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Bhojpur_District,_Bihar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhojpur District, Bihar">Bhojpur</a> </td> <td>192 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandesh_Assembly_constituency" title="Sandesh Assembly constituency">Sandesh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiran_Devi_Yadav" title="Kiran Devi Yadav">Kiran Devi Yadav</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #056D05;" data-sort-value="Rashtriya Janata Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1E6914;" data-sort-value="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)" title="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)">MGB</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>193 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barhara_Assembly_constituency" title="Barhara Assembly constituency">Barhara</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raghvendra_Pratap_Singh_(Bihar_politician)" title="Raghvendra Pratap Singh (Bihar politician)">Raghvendra Pratap Singh</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F98C1F;" data-sort-value="National Democratic Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>194 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrah_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Arrah Assembly constituency">Arrah</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amrendra_Pratap_Singh" title="Amrendra Pratap Singh">Amrendra Pratap Singh</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F98C1F;" data-sort-value="National Democratic Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">195 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Agiaon_Assembly_constituency" title="Agiaon Assembly constituency">Agiaon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Manzil" title="Manoj Manzil">Manoj Manzil</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C41301;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">CPI(ML)L</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1E6914;" data-sort-value="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)" title="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)">MGB</a> </td> <td>Disqualified on 16 February 2024 due to criminal conviction <sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shiv Prakash Ranjan </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C41301;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">CPI(ML)L</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1E6914;" data-sort-value="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)" title="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)">MGB</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">196 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tarari_Assembly_constituency" title="Tarari Assembly constituency">Tarari</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sudama_Prasad" title="Sudama Prasad">Sudama Prasad</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #C41301;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">CPI(ML)L</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1E6914;" data-sort-value="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)" title="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)">MGB</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vishal_Prashant" title="Vishal Prashant">Vishal Prashant</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F98C1F;" data-sort-value="National Democratic Alliance"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> </td> <td>Won in <a href="/wiki/2024_elections_in_India" title="2024 elections in India">2024 bypoll</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>197 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jagdishpur,_Bihar_Assembly_constituency" title="Jagdishpur, Bihar Assembly constituency">Jagdishpur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Vishnun_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ram Vishnun Singh">Ram Vishnun Yadav</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #056D05;" data-sort-value="Rashtriya Janata Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1E6914;" data-sort-value="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)" title="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)">MGB</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>198 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shahpur,_Bihar_Assembly_constituency" title="Shahpur, Bihar Assembly constituency">Shahpur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Tiwari" title="Rahul Tiwari">Rahul Tiwari</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #056D05;" data-sort-value="Rashtriya Janata Dal"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #1E6914;" data-sort-value="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mahagathbandhan_(Bihar)" title="Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)">MGB</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Colleges</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Veer_Kunwar_Singh_University" title="Veer Kunwar Singh University">Veer Kunwar Singh University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harprasad_Das_Jain_College" title="Harprasad Das Jain College">Harprasad Das Jain College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharaja_College,_Arrah" title="Maharaja College, Arrah">Maharaja College, Arrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagjiwan_College" title="Jagjiwan College">Jagjiwan College</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Freedom_fighter">Freedom fighter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Freedom fighter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Veer_Kunwar_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Veer Kunwar Singh">Veer Kunwar Singh</a>, leader of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a> in Bihar.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hare_Krishna_Singh" title="Hare Krishna Singh">Hare Krishna Singh</a>, commander-in-chief of Kunwar Singh's forces during the rebellion.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachchidananda_Sinha" title="Sachchidananda Sinha">Sachchidananda Sinha</a>, interim President of the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India">Constituent Assembly of India</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Legislative_Council" title="Imperial Legislative Council">Imperial Legislative Council</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Central_Legislative_Assembly" title="Central Legislative Assembly">Indian Legislative Assembly</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Qaiyum_Ansari" title="Abdul Qaiyum Ansari">Abdul Qaiyum Ansari</a>, freedom fighter, President of All India Momin conference; fought against Jinnah's two nation theory, cabinet minister of Bihar, member of parliament.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics_2">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Babu_Jagjivan_Ram" class="mw-redirect" title="Babu Jagjivan Ram">Babu Jagjivan Ram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Deputy Prime Minister of India">Deputy Prime Minister of India</a>, Defense Minister of India during <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">1971 India Pakistan war</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meira_Kumar" title="Meira Kumar">Meira Kumar</a>, first woman Speaker of the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>; former Union Minister and former Indian ambassador to Spain and the UK.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagat_Narain_Lal" title="Jagat Narain Lal">Jagat Narain Lal</a>, general secretary of <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Mahasabha" title="Hindu Mahasabha">Hindu Mahasabha</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Subhag_Singh" title="Ram Subhag Singh">Ram Subhag Singh</a>, former Union Minister; He was the leader of India's first Opposition in the Lok Sabha (1969-1970).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindeshwari_Dubey" title="Bindeshwari Dubey">Bindeshwari Dubey</a>, Chief Minister of Bihar. Union minister for Law and Justice in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anant_Sharma" title="Anant Sharma">Anant Sharma</a>, former Governor of Punjab and West Bengal; former Union Minister in Government of India during Indira Gandhi's time.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amrendra_Pratap_Singh" title="Amrendra Pratap Singh">Amrendra Pratap Singh</a>, Cabinet Minister of Agriculture in Government of Bihar.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmeshwar_Singh" title="Brahmeshwar Singh">Brahmeshwar Singh</a>, head of <a href="/wiki/Ranvir_Sena" title="Ranvir Sena">Ranvir Sena</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Mahto" title="Jagdish Mahto">Jagdish Mahto</a>, founder of Naxal movement in Ekwari, member of CPI (ML).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivanand_Tiwari" title="Shivanand Tiwari">Shivanand Tiwari</a>, ex-Cabinet Minister in Government of Bihar and former Rajya Sabha MP on JDU ticket.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_office_holders">Government office holders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Government office holders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhuvaneshwar_Prasad_Sinha" title="Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha">Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha</a>, 6th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India" title="Chief Justice of India">Chief Justice of India</a> (1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._P._Singh_(judge)" title="B. P. Singh (judge)">B.P. Singh</a>, Judge at the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a>, Chief Justice of <a href="/wiki/Bombay_High_Court" title="Bombay High Court">Bombay High Court</a>, Grandson of <a href="/wiki/Bhuvaneshwar_Prasad_Sinha" title="Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha">Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha</a>.</li> <li>Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh, Ex-Chief Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Patna_High_Court" title="Patna High Court">Patna High Court</a> from 1976 to 1982. (a native of <a href="/wiki/Kulharia" title="Kulharia">Kulharia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Sinha" title="Anil Sinha">Anil Sinha</a>, Director of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Central Bureau of Investigation">Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)</a> from 2014 to 2016.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashi_Bhushan_Sahai" title="Shashi Bhushan Sahai">Shashi Bhushan Sahai</a> (IPS), Director-General of <a href="/wiki/Bihar_Police" title="Bihar Police">Bihar Police</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muni_Lall" title="Muni Lall">Muni Lall</a> (IAS), Ex-Union Minister of India and Lok Sabha MP of <a href="/wiki/Sasaram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency">Sasaram</a> from 1996 to 2004.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Academia_&_literature"><span id="Academia_.26_literature"></span>Academia & literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Academia & literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vashishtha_Narayan_Singh" title="Vashishtha Narayan Singh">Vashishtha Narayan Singh</a>, mathematician.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitava_Kumar" title="Amitava Kumar">Amitava Kumar</a>, English writer, Helen D. Lockwood Chair Professor at <a href="/wiki/Vassar_College" title="Vassar College">Vassar College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acharya_Shivpujan_Sahay" title="Acharya Shivpujan Sahay">Acharya Shivpujan Sahay</a>, Hindi novelist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithileshwar" title="Mithileshwar">Mithileshwar</a>, Hindi writer.</li> <li>Dr.Bharat Mishra got padmashree award</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_&_film_personalities"><span id="Television_.26_film_personalities"></span>Television & film personalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Television & film personalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Bihari" title="S. H. Bihari">S. H. Bihari</a>, Bollywood lyricist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shailendra_(lyricist)" title="Shailendra (lyricist)">Shailendra (lyricist)</a>, Bollywood lyricist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinay_Pathak" title="Vinay Pathak">Vinay Pathak</a>, actor.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawan_Singh" title="Pawan Singh">Pawan Singh</a>, singer and actor.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neeraj_Pandey" title="Neeraj Pandey">Neeraj Pandey</a>, filmmaker.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishal_Aditya_Singh" title="Vishal Aditya Singh">Vishal Aditya Singh</a>, actor.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Villages">Villages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpur_district,_India&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bakhorapur,_Bhojpur" title="Bakhorapur, Bhojpur">Bakhorapur</a></li> <li><a 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href="https://indiapincodes.net/Bihar/Bhojpur/">Bhojpur</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em 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district">Saran district</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Buxar_district" title="Buxar district">Buxar district</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=&#124;link=_State_of_Bihar" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Bihar" title="Template:Bihar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Bihar" title="Template talk:Bihar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Bihar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Bihar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=&#124;link=_State_of_Bihar" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Bihar_Government_Banner.png/23px-Bihar_Government_Banner.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Bihar_Government_Banner.png/35px-Bihar_Government_Banner.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Bihar_Government_Banner.png/45px-Bihar_Government_Banner.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_and_union_territory_capitals_in_India" title="List of state and union territory capitals in India">Capital</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State symbols</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_animals" title="List of Indian state animals">Animal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gaur" title="Gaur">Gaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_birds" title="List of Indian state birds">Bird</a>: <a href="/wiki/House_sparrow" title="House sparrow">House sparrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_flowers" title="List of Indian state flowers">Flower</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tagetes" title="Tagetes">Marigolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_trees" title="List of Indian state trees">Tree</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sacred_fig" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred fig">Sacred fig</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bihar" title="History of Bihar">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chhath" title="Chhath">Chhath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Videhas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of the Videhas">Kingdom of the Videhas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janaka" title="Janaka">Janaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirand" title="Chirand">Chirand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadha (Mahajanapada)">Magadha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanda_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanda Empire">Nanda Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Maurya Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shunga_Empire" title="Shunga Empire">Shunga Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanva_dynasty" title="Kanva dynasty">Kanva dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gupta_Empire" title="Gupta Empire">Gupta Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandragupta_Maurya" title="Chandragupta Maurya">Chandragupta Maurya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanakya" title="Chanakya">Chanakya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindusara" title="Bindusara">Bindusara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka the Great</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Buddhism_in_India" title="History of Buddhism in India">Buddhism in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edicts_of_Ashoka" title="Edicts of Ashoka">Edicts of Ashoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samudragupta" title="Samudragupta">Samudragupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandragupta_II" title="Chandragupta II">Chandragupta II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthashastra" title="Arthashastra">Arthashastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion_Capital_of_Ashoka" title="Lion Capital of Ashoka">Lion Capital of Ashoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra" title="Ashoka Chakra">Ashoka Chakra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pataliputra" title="Pataliputra">Pataliputra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimbisara" title="Bimbisara">Bimbisara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajatashatru" title="Ajatashatru">Ajatashatru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anga" title="Anga">Anga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajgir#History" title="Rajgir">Rajgir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaishali_(ancient_city)" title="Vaishali (ancient city)">Vaishali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryabhata" title="Aryabhata">Aryabhata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Arrah" title="Siege of Arrah">Siege of Arrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Darbhanga" title="Raj Darbhanga">Raj Darbhanga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administration_in_Bihar" title="Administration in Bihar">Administration</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Bihar" title="Government of Bihar">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="Bihar Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Council" title="Bihar Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Bihar" title="List of chief ministers of Bihar">Chief Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Human_rights_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar Human rights Commission">Human rights Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Bihar" title="List of governors of Bihar">Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patna_High_Court" title="Patna High Court">High Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Police" title="Bihar Police">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Public_Service_Commission" title="Bihar Public Service Commission">Public Service Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Bihar" title="Category:Bihar">Overviews</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Bihar" title="Cinema of Bihar">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Bihar" title="Climate of Bihar">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_cuisine" title="Bihari cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Bihar" title="Demographics of Bihar">Demography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Bihar" title="Economy of Bihar">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Bihar" title="Education in Bihar">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Bihar" title="Geography of Bihar">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bihar" title="History of Bihar">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_in_Bihar" title="Media in Bihar">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Bihar" title="List of people from Bihar">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Bihar" title="Transport in Bihar">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Bihar" title="Politics of Bihar">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Bihar" title="Tourism in Bihar">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Day" title="Bihar Day">State Day</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Bihar" title="Administrative divisions of Bihar">Divisions</a> and <br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Bihar" title="List of districts of Bihar">districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhagalpur_division" title="Bhagalpur division"><b>Bhagalpur</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banka_district" title="Banka district">Banka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagalpur_district" title="Bhagalpur district">Bhagalpur</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_division" title="Darbhanga division"><b>Darbhanga</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_district" title="Darbhanga district">Darbhanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhubani_district" title="Madhubani district">Madhubani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samastipur_district" title="Samastipur district">Samastipur</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosi_division" title="Kosi division"><b>Kosi</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madhepura_district" title="Madhepura district">Madhepura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saharsa_district" title="Saharsa district">Saharsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supaul_district" title="Supaul district">Supaul</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magadh_division" title="Magadh division"><b>Magadh</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arwal_district" title="Arwal district">Arwal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurangabad_district,_Bihar" title="Aurangabad district, Bihar">Aurangabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaya_district" title="Gaya district">Gaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehanabad_district" title="Jehanabad district">Jehanabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawada_district" title="Nawada district">Nawada</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munger_division" title="Munger division"><b>Munger</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Begusarai_district" title="Begusarai district">Begusarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamui_district" title="Jamui district">Jamui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khagaria_district" title="Khagaria district">Khagaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munger_district" title="Munger district">Munger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakhisarai_district" title="Lakhisarai district">Lakhisarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikhpura_district" title="Sheikhpura district">Sheikhpura</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patna_division" title="Patna division"><b>Patna</b></a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bhojpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buxar_district" title="Buxar district">Buxar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaimur_district" title="Kaimur district">Kaimur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalanda_district" title="Nalanda district">Nalanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patna_district" title="Patna district">Patna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohtas_district" title="Rohtas district">Rohtas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purnia_division" title="Purnia division"><b>Purnia</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Araria_district" title="Araria district">Araria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katihar_district" title="Katihar district">Katihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishanganj_district" title="Kishanganj district">Kishanganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purnia_district" title="Purnia district">Purnia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saran_division" title="Saran division"><b>Saran</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gopalganj_district,_India" title="Gopalganj district, India">Gopalganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saran_district" title="Saran district">Saran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siwan_district" title="Siwan district">Siwan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirhut_division" title="Tirhut division"><b>Tirhut</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Champaran_district" title="East Champaran district">East Champaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzaffarpur_district" title="Muzaffarpur district">Muzaffarpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheohar_district" title="Sheohar district">Sheohar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitamarhi_district" title="Sitamarhi district">Sitamarhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaishali_district" title="Vaishali district">Vaishali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Champaran_district" title="West Champaran district">West Champaran</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Bihar_by_population" title="List of cities in Bihar by population">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaya_(India)" title="Gaya (India)">Gaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurangabad,_Bihar" title="Aurangabad, Bihar">Aurangabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagalpur" title="Bhagalpur">Bhagalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzaffarpur" title="Muzaffarpur">Muzaffarpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darbhanga" title="Darbhanga">Darbhanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purnia" title="Purnia">Purnia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Sharif" title="Bihar Sharif">Bihar Sharif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrah" title="Arrah">Arrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Begusarai" title="Begusarai">Begusarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katihar" title="Katihar">Katihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munger" title="Munger">Munger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhapra" title="Chhapra">Chhapra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajipur" title="Hajipur">Hajipur</a></li></ul> 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Janata Dal">RJD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Lok Janshakti Party">LJP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Morcha" title="Rashtriya Lok Morcha">RLM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">HAM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_parties_in_Bihar" title="Category:Political parties in Bihar">Other political parties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bihari_culture" title="Bihari culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biharis" title="Biharis">Biharis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithils" title="Maithils">Maithils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_people" title="Bhojpuri people">Bhojpuri people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magahi_culture" title="Magahi culture">Magahi people</a></li> <li><a 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title="Rohtas district">Rohtas district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banjari,_Bihar" title="Banjari, Bihar">Banjari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bikramganj" title="Bikramganj">Bikramganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chenari_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chenari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Chenari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalmianagar" title="Dalmianagar">Dalmianagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dehri" title="Dehri">Dehri on Sone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koath" title="Koath">Koath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nokha,_Rohtas" title="Nokha, Rohtas">Nokha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasaram" title="Sasaram">Sasaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilouthu" title="Tilouthu">Tilouthu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nalanda_district" title="Nalanda district">Nalanda 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href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Patna" title="List of tourist attractions in Patna">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bhojpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buxar_district" title="Buxar district">Buxar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaimur_district" title="Kaimur district">Kaimur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalanda_district" title="Nalanda district">Nalanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patna_district" title="Patna district">Patna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohtas_district" title="Rohtas district">Rohtas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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