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interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="মধুবনী জেলা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মধুবনী জেলা" 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/Madhubani_(ko%C4%81n)" title="Madhubani (koān) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Madhubani (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%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="मधुबनी जिला – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="मधुबनी 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/Madhubani_(distrito)" title="Madhubani (distrito) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Madhubani (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/Madhubani_(Distrikt)" title="Madhubani (Distrikt) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Madhubani (Distrikt)" 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_Madhubani" title="Distrito de Madhubani – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Madhubani" 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/Madhubani_barrutia" title="Madhubani barrutia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Madhubani 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%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="شهرستان مادوبانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان مادوبانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubani" title="Madhubani – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Madhubani" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Madhubani" title="District de Madhubani – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District de Madhubani" 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%AE%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%80_%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8B" title="મધુબની જિલ્લો – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="મધુબની 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%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="मधुबनी जिला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मधुबनी जिला" 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_Madhubani" title="Distretto di Madhubani – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distretto di Madhubani" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="मधुबनी जिला – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="मधुबनी 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%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE" title="मधुबनी जिल्हा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मधुबनी 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/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89" title="مادهوبانى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مادهوبانى" 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/Madhubani_(district)" title="Madhubani (district) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Madhubani (district)" 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%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="मधुबनी जिल्ला – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="मधुबनी जिल्ला" 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%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="मधुबनी जिल्ला – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="मधुबनी जिल्ला" 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-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%90%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E7%9C%8C" title="マドゥバニー県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マドゥバニー県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubani_(distrikt)" title="Madhubani (distrikt) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Madhubani (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districte_de_Madhubani" title="Districte de Madhubani – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Districte de Madhubani" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%81%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="ضلع مدہوبانی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع مدہوبانی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Мадхубани (округ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мадхубани (округ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="मधुबनीमण्डलम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="मधुबनीमण्डलम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%A4_%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9B" title="ᱢᱚᱫᱷᱩᱵᱚᱱᱤ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱢᱚᱫᱷᱩᱵᱚᱱᱤ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="மதுபனி மாவட்டம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மதுபனி மாவட்டம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a 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class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kali_Mandir_Rajanagar_Madhubani.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kālī Mandir in Rajanagar"><img alt="Kālī Mandir in Rajanagar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kali_Mandir_Rajanagar_Madhubani.jpg/250px-Kali_Mandir_Rajanagar_Madhubani.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kali_Mandir_Rajanagar_Madhubani.jpg/375px-Kali_Mandir_Rajanagar_Madhubani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kali_Mandir_Rajanagar_Madhubani.jpg/500px-Kali_Mandir_Rajanagar_Madhubani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2346" data-file-height="1504" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Kālī Mandir in <a href="/wiki/Rajnagar,_Bihar" title="Rajnagar, Bihar">Rajanagar</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div 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href="/wiki/File:India_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Madhubani district is located in India"><img alt="Madhubani district is located in India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/India_location_map.svg/250px-India_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/India_location_map.svg/375px-India_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/India_location_map.svg/500px-India_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1615" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:34.154%;left:60.156%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Madhubani district"><img alt="Madhubani district" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Madhubani district</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Madhubani district (India)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of India</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates (Madhubani, India): <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=Madhubani_district&params=26_24_N_86_15_E_type:adm2nd_region:IN_dim:50000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">26°24′N</span> <span class="longitude">86°15′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">26.400°N 86.250°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.400; 86.250</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/Region" title="Region">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mithila_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithila region">Mithila</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/Darbhanga_division" title="Darbhanga division">Darbhanga</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madhubani,_India" title="Madhubani, India">Madhubani</a></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"> • District Magistrate & Collector</th><td class="infobox-data">Arvind Kumar Verma IAS</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madhubani_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency">Madhubani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhanjharpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha constituency">Jhanjharpur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Vidhan_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidhan Sabha">Vidhan Sabha constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harlakhi_Assembly_constituency" title="Harlakhi Assembly constituency">Harlakhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benipatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Benipatti Assembly constituency">Benipatti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khajauli_Assembly_constituency" title="Khajauli Assembly constituency">Khajauli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Babubarhi_Assembly_constituency" title="Babubarhi Assembly constituency">Babubarhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bisfi_Assembly_constituency" title="Bisfi Assembly constituency">Bisfi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhubani_Assembly_constituency" title="Madhubani Assembly constituency">Madhubani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajnagar,_Madhubani_Assembly_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajnagar, Madhubani Assembly constituency">Rajnagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhanjharpur_Assembly_constituency" title="Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency">Jhanjharpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phulparas_Assembly_constituency" title="Phulparas Assembly constituency">Phulparas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laukaha_Assembly_constituency" title="Laukaha Assembly constituency">Laukaha</a></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">3,501 km<sup>2</sup> (1,352 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">4,487,379</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,300/km<sup>2</sup> (3,300/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">60.9 per cent</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Sex ratio</th><td class="infobox-data">925</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/Roads_in_India" title="Roads in India">Major highways</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_27_(India)" title="National Highway 27 (India)">NH 27</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_227_(India)" title="National Highway 227 (India)">NH 227</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_227J_(India)" title="National Highway 227J (India)">NH 227J</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_227L_(India)" title="National Highway 227L (India)">NH 227L</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_527A_(India)" title="National Highway 527A (India)">NH 527A</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_527B_(India)" title="National Highway 527B (India)">NH 527B</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average annual precipitation</th><td class="infobox-data">1,273 mm</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://madhubani.nic.in/">madhubani<wbr />.nic<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Madhubani district</b> is one of the thirty-eight <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Bihar" title="List of districts of Bihar">districts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, and is a part of <a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_division" title="Darbhanga division">Darbhanga division</a>. Its administrative headquarters are located in <a href="/wiki/Madhubani,_India" title="Madhubani, India">Madhubani</a>. The district has an area of 3,501 square kilometres (1,352 sq mi) and has a <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> of 4,487,379 (as of 2011). </p><p>Madhubani is the largest fish-producing district of Bihar in 2022.<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> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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=Madhubani_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Madhubani became a district in 1972 when it was split from <a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_district" title="Darbhanga district">Darbhanga district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Statoids_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statoids-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is believed that <a href="/wiki/Baliraajgadh" title="Baliraajgadh">Baliraajgadh</a>, an archaeological site which lies in modern-day Madhubani district was the capital of the ancient <a href="/wiki/Mithila_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithila Kingdom">Mithila Kingdom</a>.<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> In 2019 a Meteorite fell at a farm in village which was named scholars as <a href="/wiki/Mahadeva_Meteorite" title="Mahadeva Meteorite">Mahadeva Meteorite</a> of the Madhubani district in India.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubani_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Culture"><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">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Madhubani_art" title="Madhubani art">Madhubani art</a></div> <p>Madhubani art or Mithila painting<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> was traditionally created by the women of various communities in <a href="/wiki/Mithila_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithila region">Mithila region</a> of India and <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>. It originated from Madhubani district of Mithila region of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, and, it is popularly called Mithila painting or Madhubani art. Madhubani is also a major export centre of these paintings.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This painting as a form of wall art was practiced widely throughout the region; the more recent development of painting on paper and canvas mainly originated among the villages around Madhubani, and it is these latter developments led to the name Madhubani art being used alongside the name "Mithila Painting."<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> </p> <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=Madhubani_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Madhubani district occupies an area of 3,501 square kilometres (1,352 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-Reference_Annual_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reference_Annual-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> comparatively equivalent to the <a href="/wiki/Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahamas">Bahamas</a>' <a href="/wiki/North_Andros" title="North Andros">North Andros</a> island.<sup id="cite_ref-Islands_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Islands-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It occupies the Terai region. </p> <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=Madhubani_district&action=edit&section=4" 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="10"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Madhubani</a> </td> <td>31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harlakhi_Assembly_constituency" title="Harlakhi Assembly constituency">Harlakhi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sudhanshu_Shekhar" title="Sudhanshu Shekhar">Sudhanshu Shekhar</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #003366;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal (United)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</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>32 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benipatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Benipatti Assembly constituency">Benipatti</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Narayan_Jha" title="Vinod Narayan Jha">Vinod Narayan Jha</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>33 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khajauli_Assembly_constituency" title="Khajauli Assembly constituency">Khajauli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arun_Shankar_Prasad" title="Arun Shankar Prasad">Arun Shankar Prasad</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>34 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Babubarhi_Assembly_constituency" title="Babubarhi Assembly constituency">Babubarhi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mina_Kumari" title="Mina Kumari">Mina Kumari</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #003366;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal (United)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</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>35 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bisfi_Assembly_constituency" title="Bisfi Assembly constituency">Bisfi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haribhushan_Thakur" title="Haribhushan Thakur">Haribhushan Thakur</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>36 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhubani_Assembly_constituency" title="Madhubani Assembly constituency">Madhubani</a> </td> <td>Samir Kumar Mahaseth </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>37 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajnagar,_Bihar_Assembly_constituency" title="Rajnagar, Bihar Assembly constituency">Rajnagar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Prit_Paswan" title="Ram Prit Paswan">Ram Prit Paswan</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>38 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhanjharpur_Assembly_constituency" title="Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency">Jhanjharpur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nitish_Mishra" title="Nitish Mishra">Nitish Mishra</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>39 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phulparas_Assembly_constituency" title="Phulparas Assembly constituency">Phulparas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheela_Kumari" title="Sheela Kumari">Sheela Kumari Mandal</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #003366;" data-sort-value="Janata Dal (United)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</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>40 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laukaha_Assembly_constituency" title="Laukaha Assembly constituency">Laukaha</a> </td> <td>Bharat Bhushan Mandal </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="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubani_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006 the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Panchayati_Raj" title="Ministry of Panchayati Raj">Ministry of Panchayati Raj</a> named Madhubani 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/List_of_districts_in_India" title="List of districts in India">640</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-brgf_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brgf-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<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. But in last few years there a lot of changes happened. This city is going to adopt urbanisation.<sup id="cite_ref-brgf_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brgf-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places">Places</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubani_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Saurath_Sabha" title="Saurath Sabha">Saurath</a>, a road side village on Madhubani-Jainagar road, contains a temple known as Somnath Mahadev. It owes its importance to the annual Sabha held by <a href="/wiki/Maithil_Brahmin" title="Maithil Brahmin">Maithili Brahmins</a> for negotiating marriages. Many Panjikars who keep the genealogical records of the different families reside here and outside.<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> The festival of <a href="/wiki/Durga_Puja" title="Durga Puja">Durga Puja</a> takes place in the village <a href="/wiki/Gandhwari" title="Gandhwari">Gandhwari</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Laukaha" title="Laukaha">Laukaha</a> is a Town in the district of Madhubani in the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> state of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>. It is close to the border of Nepalese town of <a href="/wiki/Thadi" title="Thadi">Thadi</a>. <a href="/wiki/Laukaha" title="Laukaha">Laukaha</a> in India and <a href="/wiki/Thadi" title="Thadi">Thadi</a> in Nepal are a part of one of the agreed route for Mutual Trade between <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> Government of <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> has set up a dedicated customs office in the town.<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> and Government of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> has set up a Land Customs Station with a Superintendent level officer.<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> So in simple Import and Export are allowed in this location. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subdivisions">Subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubani_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Madhubani District consists of five subdivisions. Each subdivision is headed by a subdivisional magistrate, who is responsible for law and order, development, and revenue related work in their respective subdivisions.<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> <ol><li>Madhubani Sadar</li> <li>Benipatti</li> <li>Jhanjarpur</li> <li>Phulparas</li> <li>Jainagar</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Blocks_and_circles">Blocks and circles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubani_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Blocks and circles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 21 blocks and circles in the district and each block is headed by a block development officer and each circle is headed by a circle officer.<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> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Rahika" title="Rahika">Rahika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandaul" title="Pandaul">Pandaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnagar,_Bihar_Assembly_constituency" title="Rajnagar, Bihar Assembly constituency">Rajnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babubarhi_Assembly_constituency" title="Babubarhi Assembly constituency">Babubarhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaluahi" title="Kaluahi">Kaluahi</a></li> <li>Khjauli</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jainagar_(community_development_block)" title="Jainagar (community development block)">Jainagar</a></li> <li>Ladania</li> <li>Basopatti</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benipatti_Assembly_constituency" title="Benipatti Assembly constituency">Benipatti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bisfi_Assembly_constituency" title="Bisfi Assembly constituency">Bisfi</a></li> <li>Harlakhi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhwapur" title="Madhwapur">Madhwapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhanjharpur" title="Jhanjharpur">Jhanjarpur</a></li> <li>Andhrathadi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakhnaur" title="Lakhnaur">Lakhnaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhepur" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhepur">Madhepur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phulparas_Assembly_constituency" title="Phulparas Assembly constituency">Phulparas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghoghardiha" title="Ghoghardiha">Ghoghardiha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khutauna" title="Khutauna">Khutauna</a></li> <li>Laukahi</li></ol> <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=Madhubani_district&action=edit&section=9" 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">1,052,146</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">1,058,313</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.06%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,052,477</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.06%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,143,713</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.83%</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">1,248,825</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.88%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,361,699</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.87%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,601,048</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.63%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,892,039</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.68%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,325,844</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.09%</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">2,832,024</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.99%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,575,281</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.36%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,487,379</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.30%</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-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<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 Madhubani district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<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:81.39%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">81.39%</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:18.25%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">18.25%</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:0.10%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.10%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2011_census_of_India" title="2011 census of India">2011 Indian census</a>, Madhubani district has a population of 4,487,379,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gives it a ranking of 37th 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_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district has a population density of 1,282 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,320/sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Family_planning_in_India" title="Family planning in India">population growth rate</a> from 2001 to 2011 was 25.51%.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Madhubani has a <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 926 <a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">females</a> for every 1000 males,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">literacy rate</a> of 58.62%. 3.60% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 13.08% and 0.09% of the population respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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 10610.015378333px; border-left-color:orange"></div> <div 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color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Maithili_language" title="Maithili language">Maithili</a> (84.07%)</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> (12.86%)</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> (2.92%)</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> Others (0.15%)</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>, 84.07% of the population in the district spoke <a href="/wiki/Maithili_language" title="Maithili language">Maithili</a>, 12.86% <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> and 2.92% <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> as their first language.<sup id="cite_ref-languages_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubani_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayachi_Mishra_Dih" title="Ayachi Mishra Dih">Ayachi Mishra Dih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpura,_India" title="Alpura, India">Alpura, India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basuki_Bihari" title="Basuki Bihari">Basuki Bihari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bichkhana" title="Bichkhana">Bichkhana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bisfi_Vidyapati_Dih" title="Bisfi Vidyapati Dih">Bisfi Vidyapati Dih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshineswar_Nath_Mahadev_Mandir" title="Dakshineswar Nath Mahadev Mandir">Dakshineswar Nath Mahadev Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekadash_Rudra_Mahadev_Mandir" title="Ekadash Rudra Mahadev Mandir">Ekadash Rudra Mahadev Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandiveshwar_Sthan" title="Gandiveshwar Sthan">Gandiveshwar Sthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghoghardiha" title="Ghoghardiha">Ghoghardiha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hareshwar_Nath_Mandir" title="Hareshwar Nath Mandir">Hareshwar Nath Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalidas_Dih" title="Kalidas Dih">Kalidas Dih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyaneshwar_Mahadev_Mandir" title="Kalyaneshwar Mahadev Mandir">Kalyaneshwar Mahadev Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Ashram" title="Kapil Ashram">Kapil Ashram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhaweshwar_Nath_Mahadev_Mandir" title="Madhaweshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir">Madhaweshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musaharniya_Dih" title="Musaharniya Dih">Musaharniya Dih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phulhar" title="Phulhar">Phulhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shringi_Rishi_Ashram,_Singiya" title="Shringi Rishi Ashram, Singiya">Shringi Rishi Ashram, Singiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilanath_Mahadev_Mandir" title="Shilanath Mahadev Mandir">Shilanath Mahadev Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitamarhi%E2%80%93Jaynagar%E2%80%93Nirmali_line_(via_Sursand)" title="Sitamarhi–Jaynagar–Nirmali line (via Sursand)">Sitamarhi–Jaynagar–Nirmali line (via Sursand)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vachaspati_Mishra_Dih" title="Vachaspati Mishra Dih">Vachaspati Mishra Dih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwamitra_Ashram,_Bisaul" title="Vishwamitra Ashram, Bisaul">Vishwamitra Ashram, Bisaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Statue,_Bairwa,_Madhwapur" title="Vishnu Statue, 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Bhojpur_district,_India" title="Bhojpur district, India">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> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Municipal corporations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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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 href="/wiki/Chhath" title="Chhath">Chhath Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_cuisine" title="Bihari cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_languages" title="Bihari languages">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bihar" title="Music of Bihar">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_culture#Performing_arts" title="Bihari culture">Art and craft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Bihar" title="Religion in Bihar">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar#Festivals" title="Bihar">Festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Bihar" title="Cinema of Bihar">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_culture" title="Bihari culture">Culture of Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_culture#Angika_region" title="Bihari culture">Culture of Angika region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_culture#Bhojpuri_region" title="Bihari culture">Culture of Bhojpuri region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_culture#Magadh_region" title="Bihari culture">Culture of Magadh region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_culture#Maithili_region" title="Bihari culture">Culture of 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Darbhanga">Haridih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laheriasarai" class="mw-redirect" title="Laheriasarai">Laheriasarai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Madhubani district</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/Balat_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balat (India)">Balat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dullipatti" title="Dullipatti">Dullipatti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghoghardiha" title="Ghoghardiha">Ghoghardiha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jainagar,_Bihar" title="Jainagar, Bihar">Jainagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhanjharpur" title="Jhanjharpur">Jhanjharpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhubani,_India" title="Madhubani, India">Madhubani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnagar_Bihar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajnagar Bihar">Rajnagar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Samastipur_district" title="Samastipur district">Samastipur 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/Dalsinghsarai" title="Dalsinghsarai">Dalsinghsarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohiuddinagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohiuddinagar">Mohiuddinagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosera" title="Rosera">Rosera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samastipur" title="Samastipur">Samastipur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</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/Template:Darbhanga_Division_topics" title="Template:Darbhanga Division topics">Darbhanga division topics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities and towns in other divisions</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/Template:Bhagalpur_Division" title="Template:Bhagalpur Division">Bhagalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kosi_Division" title="Template:Kosi Division">Kosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Magadh_Division" title="Template:Magadh Division">Magadh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Munger_Division" title="Template:Munger Division">Munger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Patna_Division" title="Template:Patna Division">Patna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Purnia_Division" title="Template:Purnia Division">Purnia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Saran_Division" title="Template:Saran Division">Saran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Tirhut_Division" title="Template:Tirhut Division">Tirhut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Darbhanga_Division_topics" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Darbhanga Division topics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Darbhanga_division_topics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_division" title="Darbhanga division">Darbhanga division</a> topics</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</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/Floods_in_Bihar" title="Floods in Bihar">Floods in Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Bihar_flood" title="2008 Bihar flood">2008 Bihar flood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Bihar_flood" title="2007 Bihar flood">2007 Bihar flood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhubani_art" title="Madhubani art">Madhubani art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Darbhanga" title="Raj Darbhanga">Raj Darbhanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Videha" title="Videha">Videha</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 href="/wiki/Darbhanga_district" title="Darbhanga district">Darbhanga</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Madhubani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samastipur_district" title="Samastipur district">Samastipur</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 href="/wiki/Kamala_River" title="Kamala River">Kamala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koshi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Koshi River">Koshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transport</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/National_Highway_28_(India)" title="National Highway 28 (India)">NH 28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_103_(India)" title="National Highway 103 (India)">NH 103</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Railway stations</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/Darbhanga_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Darbhanga railway station">Darbhanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laheriasarai_railway_station" title="Laheriasarai railway station">Laheriasarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laukaha_Bazar_railway_station" title="Laukaha Bazar railway station">Laukaha Bazar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lok Sabha constituencies</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/Darbhanga_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)">Darbhanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhanjharpur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Jhanjharpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhubani_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency)">Madhubani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samastipur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Samastipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ujiarpur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ujiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Ujiarpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosera_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosera (Lok Sabha constituency)">Rosera</a> (now defunct)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vidhan Sabha constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Madhubani</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/Harlakhi_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harlakhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Harlakhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benipatti_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Benipatti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Benipatti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khajauli_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Khajauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Khajauli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babubarhi_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Babubarhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Babubarhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bisfi_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bisfi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Bisfi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhubani_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhubani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Madhubani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnagar,_Madhubani_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajnagar, Madhubani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Rajnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhanjharpur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jhanjharpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Jhanjharpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phulparas_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phulparas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Phulparas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laukaha_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Laukaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Laukaha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_district" title="Darbhanga district">Darbhanga</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/Kusheshwar_Asthan_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kusheshwar Asthan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Kusheshwar Asthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaura_Bauram_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaura Bauram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Gaura Bauram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benipur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Benipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Benipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alinagar_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alinagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Alinagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_Rural_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Darbhanga Rural (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Darbhanga Rural</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Darbhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Darbhanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayaghat_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hayaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Hayaghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahadurpur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahadurpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Bahadurpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keoti_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Keoti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Keoti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jale_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jale (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Jale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Samastipur_district" title="Samastipur district">Samastipur</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/Kalyanpur,_Samastipur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalyanpur, Samastipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Kalyanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warisnagar_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warisnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Warisnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samastipur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Samastipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Samastipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ujiarpur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ujiarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Ujiarpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morwa_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Morwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Morwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarairanjan_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarairanjan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Sarairanjan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohiuddinnagar_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohiuddinnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Mohiuddinnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibhutipur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibhutipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Bibhutipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosera_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosera (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Rosera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasanpur,_Bihar_Assembly_constituency" title="Hasanpur, Bihar Assembly constituency">Hasanpur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies</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/Pandaul_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandaul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Pandaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manigachhi_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manigachhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Manigachhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahera_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahera (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Bahera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanshyampur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghanshyampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Ghanshyampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baheri_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baheri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Baheri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalsinghsarai_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dalsinghsarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Dalsinghsarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singhia_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Singhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Singhia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd 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