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{{Short description|District in Bihar, India}}
{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Darbhanga}}
{{original research|date=November 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Darbhanga district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Bihar|District]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Building of Lalit Naryan Mithla University, Darbhanga Bihar.jpg
| image_caption = Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga
| image_map = Bihar district location map Darbhanga.svg
| map_caption = Location of Darbhanga district in Bihar
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Darbhanga
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Bihar Government Banner.png}} [[Bihar]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Administrative divisions of Bihar|Division]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Darbhanga division|Darbhanga]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Thakur |first=Ripunjay Kumar |date=1 March 2022|title=Historical Geography of Early Medieval Mithila: From Videha to Tirhut.|url=https://www.academia.edu/72670545|publisher=New Archaeological & Genological Society, Kanpur, India|issn=2348-8301|access-date=21 August 2025}}</ref>
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Darbhanga]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 2279
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 3,937,385
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = 8.7 per cent
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 56.56 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 1024
| leader_title = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name = [[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]
| leader_title1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| leader_name1 = [[Gopal Jee Thakur]], [[BJP]]
| leader_title2 = [[District Magistrate]]
| leader_name2 = Shri Rajiv Raushan([[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
| leader_title3 = [[Senior Superintendent of Police]]
| leader_name3 = Shri Awakash Kumar([[Indian Police Service|IPS]])
| leader_title4 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name4 = [[Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency|Kusheshwar Asthan]], [[Gaura Bauram Assembly constituency|Gaura Bauram]], [[Benipur Assembly constituency|Benipur]], [[Alinagar Assembly constituency|Alinagar]], [[Darbhanga Rural Assembly constituency|Darbhanga Rural]], [[Darbhanga Assembly constituency|Darbhanga]], [[Hayaghat Assembly constituency|Hayaghat]], [[Bahadurpur Assembly constituency|Bahadurpur]], [[Keoti Assembly constituency|Keoti]], [[Jale Assembly constituency|Jale]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 27 (India)|NH 27]], [[National Highway 527B (India)|NH 527B]]
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website ={{URL|http://darbhanga.bih.nic.in/}}
}}
'''Darbhanga district''' is one of the thirty-eight [[Districts of Bihar|districts]] of the eastern [[Indian state]] of [[Bihar]]. The city of [[Darbhanga]] is the [[administrative headquarters]] of this district and 5th largest city of Bihar as well. Darbhanga district lies in the [[Darbhanga division]], within the historical [[Mithila region]]. The district is bounded on the north by [[Madhubani district]], on the south by [[Samastipur district]], on the east by [[Saharsa district]] and on the west by [[Sitamarhi district|Sitamarhi]] and [[Muzaffarpur district|Muzaffarpur]] districts. The district covers an area of {{cvt|2,279|km2}}. There are several locations related to the epic Ramayana. The [[Ahalya Sthan]], Gautam Ashram and [[Gautam Kund]] are major destinations for the [[Ramayana circuit]] in the district.

==History==
1976 saw the creations of two districts from Darbhanga's territory: [[Madhubani district|Madhubani]] and [[Samastipur district|Samastipur]].<ref name="Statoids">{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 2011-09-25 | work = Statoids}}</ref>

==Block and circle==
[[File:DarbhangaDist.gif|thumb|Darbhanga District map|left]]
# [[Darbhanga Assembly constituency]]
# [[Baheri Assembly constituency]]
# [[Biraul Assembly constituency]]
# [[Keoti Assembly constituency]]
# [[Singhwara Assembly constituency]]
# [[Jale Assembly constituency]]
# [[Bahadurpur Assembly constituency]]
# [[Benipur Assembly constituency]]
# [[Manigachhi Assembly constituency]]
# [[Kusheshwar Asthan]]
# [[Kusheshwar Asthan]] Purbi
# [[Hanuman nagar Assembly constituency]]
# [[Gaura Bauram Assembly constituency]]
# [[Hayaghat Assembly constituency]]
# [[Alinagar Assembly constituency]]
# [[Ghanshyampur Assembly constituency]]
# [[Taradih Assembly constituency]]
# [[Kiratpur Assembly constituency]]
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/district/67-darbhanga-bihar.html |title = Blocks in Darbhanga District, Bihar}}</ref>

==Geography==
Darbhanga district occupies an area of {{convert|2279|km2|sqmi}},<ref name="Reference Annual">{{cite book|title=India 2010: A Reference Annual|editor=Srivastava, Dayawanti |publisher=Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]]|year=2010|isbn=978-81-230-1617-7|edition=54th|location=New Delhi, India|pages=1118–1119|chapter=States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government}}</ref> comparatively equivalent to [[Indonesia]]'s [[Yapen Island]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 2011-10-11 | date = 1998-02-18 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Yapen 2,278km2 | archive-date = 20 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180220003634/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Economy==
In 2006, the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Darbhanga one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=8,89,022|13=1911|14=8,94,232|15=1921|16=8,89,302|17=1931|18=9,66,393|19=1941|20=10,55,208|21=1951|22=11,50,582|23=1961|24=13,37,802|25=1971|26=16,22,812|27=1981|28=20,08,193|29=1991|30=25,10,959|31=2001|32=32,95,789|33=2011|34=39,37,385|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/43343/download/47022/10%20A-2%20Bihar.pdf |website=census.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>|align=center}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Darbhanga district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Bihar |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11366/download/14479/DDW10C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|77.28}}
{{bar percent|[[Bihari Muslims|Islam]]|green|22.39}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.33}}
}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Darbhanga district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,937,385,<ref name="districtcensus">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Darbhanga |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/264/download/706/DH_2011_1013_PART_A_DCHB_DARBHANGA.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Liberia]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est. | archive-date = 27 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> or the US state of [[Oregon]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=Oregon 3,831,074
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 64th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]). The district has a population density of {{convert|1721|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 19%. Literacy rate of the district is 56.56% (male 66.83%, female 45.24%). 9.74% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.64% and 0.07% of the population respectively.

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Darbhanga district (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Maithili language|Maithili]] |value1 = 72.75 |color1 = mistyrose
|label2 = [[Urdu]] |value2 = 20.67 |color2 = green
|label3 = [[Hindi]] |value3 = 5.96 |color3 = orange
|label4 = Others |value4 = 0.62 |color4 = grey
}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 72.75% of the population in the district spoke [[Maithili language|Maithili]], 20.67% [[Urdu]] and 5.96% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10196/download/13308/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1000.XLSX|website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Health==
The table below shows the data from the district nutrition profile of children below the age of 5 years, in Darbhanga, as of year 2020.

{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+ District nutrition profile of children under 5 years of age in Darbhanga, year 2020<ref name="niti.gov.in">{{Cite web |url=https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-06/Darbhanga-Bihar.pdf |title=District Nutrition Profile: Darbhanga, Bihar |date=March 2022 |location=New Delhi, India |publisher=International Food Policy Research Institute |author1=N. Singh |author2=P.H. Nguyen |author3=M. Jangid |author4=S.K. Singh |author5=R. Sarwal |author6=N. Bhatia |author7=R. Johnston |author8=W. Joe |author9=P. Menon |access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref>
!Indicators!!Number of children (<5 years)!! Percent (2020)!! Percent (2016)
|-
|Stunted||255,374||45%||49%
|-
|Wasted||108,562||19%||17%
|-
|Severely wasted||36,000||6%||5%
|-
|Underweight||220,499||39%||41%
|-
|Overweight/obesity||8,494||2%||2%
|-
|Anemia||348,147||69%||70%
|-
|Total children||562,497||||
|}

The table below shows the district nutrition profile of Darbhanga of women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, as of year 2020.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+District nutritional profile of Darbhanga of women of 15–49 years, in 2020<ref name="niti.gov.in"/>
!Indicators!!Number of women (15–49 years)!! Percent (2020)!!Percent (2016)
|-
|Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m^2)||293,595||26%||31%
|-
|Overweight/obesity||154,023||13%||12%
|-
|Hypertension||200,126||17%||11%
|-
|Diabetes||154,596||13%||NA
|-
|Anemia (non-preg)||703,022||61%||66%
|-
|Anemia (preg)||74,677||53%||62%
|-
|Total women (preg)||142,241||||
|-
|Total women||1,146,855||||
|}

== Politics ==
Currently [[Gopal Jee Thakur]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janta Party]] is the Member of Parliament from [[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga Lok Sabha Constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shri Gopal Jee Thakur{{!}} National Portal of India |url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/shri-gopal-jee-thakur |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5176 |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=loksabha.nic.in}}</ref>{{transcluded section|source=18th Bihar Assembly}}{{#section:18th Bihar Assembly|MLA Header}}
{{#section:18th Bihar Assembly|Darbhanga district}}
|}

== See also ==
{{cmn|
*[[Ahalya Sthan]]
*[[Kusheshwar Asthan Bird Wildlife Sanctuary]]
*[[Bahera]]
*[[Bathai]]
*[[Bauram]]
*[[Bhapura]]
*[[Chandih]]
*[[Chhatwan]]
*[[Gautam Ashram]]
*[[Keoti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Keoti]]
*[[Kumai (village)|Kumai]]
*[[Kusheshwar Asthan]]
*[[Panchobh]]
*[[Raj Darbhanga]]
*[[Ratanpur Abhiman]]
*[[Supaul Bazar]]
*[[Tariyani]]
*[[Tatuar]]
*[[Gautam Kund]]
*[[Kopagarh]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://darbhanga.bih.nic.in Darbhanga district website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Darbhanga district
|North = [[Madhubani district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Saharsa district]]
|Southeast = [[Khagaria district]]
|South = [[Samastipur district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Muzaffarpur district]]
|Northwest = [[Sitamarhi district]]
}}

{{Districts of Bihar}}
{{Minority Concentrated Districts in India}}
{{Darbhanga Division}}
{{Darbhanga Division topics}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Mithila, India]]
[[Category:Darbhanga division]]
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