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{{Short description|District in Bihar, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = East Champaran district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Bihar|District of Bihar]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name = 
| image_map = Bihar district location map East Champaran.svg
| map_caption = Location of East Champaran district in Bihar
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Motihari
| 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_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of Bihar|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tirhut division|Tirhut]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Motihari]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 3968
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 5,099,371
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics_type2 = [[Language]]
| demographics1_info1 = 55.79 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 901
| leader_title = [[District Magistrate]] ([[District magistrate|DM]])
| leader_name = Saurabh Jorwal ([[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])<ref name="dm">{{cite web |title=Collector & District Magistrate - East Champaran |url=https://eastchamparan.nic.in/dm-profile-east-champaran/ |publisher=East Champaran District Administration |accessdate=18 September 2025}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = [[Superintendent of Police]] ([[Superintendent of police (India)|SP]])
| leader_name1 =Swarn Prabhat ([[Indian Police Service|IPS]])<ref name="sp">{{cite web |title=Superintendent of Police - East Champaran |url=https://eastchamparan.nic.in/sp-east-champaran/ |publisher=East Champaran District Administration |accessdate=18 September 2025}}</ref>
| leader_title2 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = [[Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency|Purvi Champaran]], [[Paschim Champaran Lok Sabha constituency|Paschim Champaran]], [[Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency|Sheohar]]
| leader_title3 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name3 = [[Raxaul Assembly constituency|Raxaul]], [[Sugauli Assembly constituency|Sugauli]], [[Narkatiya Assembly constituency|Narkatiya]], [[Harsidhi Assembly constituency|Harsidhi]], [[Govindganj Assembly constituency|Govindganj]], [[Kesaria Assembly constituency|Kesaria]], [[Kalyanpur, Purvi Champaran Assembly constituency|Kalyanpur]], [[Pipra, Purvi Champaran Assembly constituency|Pipra]], [[Madhuban, Bihar Assembly constituency|Madhuban]], [[Motihari Assembly constituency|Motihari]], [[Chiraia Assembly constituency|Chiraia]], [[Dhaka Assembly constituency|Dhaka]]
| demographics2_title1 = Official
| demographics2_info1 = [[Hindi]]<ref name="CSDOffLang1950">{{cite web|url=http://csd.bih.nic.in/Act&rule/Act1english.pdf|title=The Bihar Official Language Act, 1950|date=1950|website=Cabinet Secretariat Department, Government of Bihar|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413072041/http://csd.bih.nic.in/Act%26rule/Act1english.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2015|access-date=9 April 2015}}</ref>
| demographics2_title2 = Additional official
| demographics2_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="Benedikter2009">{{cite book|last=Benedikter|first=Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpZv2GHM7VQC&pg=PA89|title=Language Policy and Linguistic Minorities in India: An Appraisal of the Linguistic Rights of Minorities in India|date=2009|publisher=[[LIT Verlag]]|isbn=978-3-643-10231-7|location=Münster|page=89|access-date=10 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019053006/https://books.google.com/books?id=vpZv2GHM7VQC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89|archive-date=19 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| demographics2_title3 = Regional
| demographics2_info3 = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate = BR-05
| blank_name_sec1 = [[National Highway (India)|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = *{{jct|NH|527D|country=IND}}
* {{jct|NH|104|country=IND}}
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 1241 mm
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 845401 (East Champaran)<ref>[https://indiapincodes.net/Bihar/Purbi-champaran/ East Champaran]</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://eastchamparan.nic.in/}}
| official_name =
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
| photo1a = Buddhist Stupa at Kesariya (wide angle view) at Champaran (east) district of Bihar, India 08.jpg
| photo2a = Motihari station, India, ca. 1906 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-6).jpg| photo2b = Lauriya Araraj pillar of Ashoka, Champaran District.jpg| photo3a = Birth-Place-George-Orwell-Motihari.jpg
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| image_caption = Clockwise from top: [[Kesaria stupa|Kesariya Stupa]], [[Lauriya Araraj]] pillar of [[Ashoka]], [[George Orwell]]'s birthplace, [[Bapudham Motihari railway station|Motihari station]] in 1906
| image_shield = Bihar Government Banner.png
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'''East Champaran district''' or '''Purvi Champaran district''' is an administrative district in the [[Tirhut division]] of the state of [[Bihar]] in India. The district headquarter is located at [[Motihari]]. Prior to 1971, there was a single [[Champaran District]]. On 1 December 1971, it was divided into East and [[West Champaran]] (Purvi and Paschimi Champaran). In early days the land of East Chamapran was ruled by different kingdoms as Videha, Sunga, Kanvas. It is also believed that Champaran used to be a major part of King Janak's empire. Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Satyagraha movement from here.

==About district==
East Champaran District is functioning from 2 November 1972. The headquarter of the district is at Motihari. It is situated at 26° 16′ to 27° 1′ North latitude and 84° 30′ to 85° 16′ East longitudes. [[Nepal]] makes its northern boundary, [[Sitamarhi district|Sitamarhi]] and [[Sheohar district|Sheohar]] eastern while [[Mehsi]], Muzaffarpur South and with part of [[Gopalganj district, India|Gopalganj]] and [[West Champaran district|West Champaran]] bounds it in western side.

The district occupies an area of {{cvt|3969|km2}} and has a population of 5,099,371 ({{As of|2011|lc=on}}). East Champaran is a part of [[Tirhut Division]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tirhut-muzaffarpur.bih.nic.in|title=Tirhut Division|website=tirhut-muzaffarpur.bih.nic.in|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref> It was earlier part of the [[Red Corridor]].

As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Bihar (out of [[Districts of Bihar|38]]), after [[Patna district|Patna]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: East Champaran |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/300/download/850/DH_2011_1002_PART_A_DCHB_PURBA_CHAMPARAN.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

East Champaran is the second most crowded district of Bihar. The district gets its name from the union of two words, champa and aranya. Champa alludes to scented blossom trees and Aranya alludes to the home or an encased spot. The name began back in when the district was encircled by a backwoods of magnolia (champa) trees.

==Geography==
The East Champaran district occupies an area of {{convert|3968|km2|sqmi}},<ref name="Reference Annual">{{cite book |last1=Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) |title=India 2010: A Reference Annual |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 [[Vanuatu]]'s [[Espiritu Santo]].<ref name="Islands">{{cite web |date=18 February 1998 |title=Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area |url=http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103205322/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm |archive-date=3 January 2021 |access-date=11 October 2011 |publisher=[[United Nations Environment Program]] |quote=Espiritu Santo 3,956km2}}</ref>
[[Gandak]], [[Burhi Gandak River|Burhi Gandak]] and [[Bagmati River|Baghmati]] are important rivers flowing through this region.

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=10,27,835|13=1911|14=10,95,530|15=1921|16=11,14,162|17=1931|18=12,31,756|19=1941|20=13,76,352|21=1951|22=14,43,961|23=1961|24=16,81,089|25=1971|26=19,56,084|27=1981|28=24,25,501|29=1991|30=30,43,061|31=2001|32=39,39,773|33=2011|34=50,99,371|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}}

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|title=Religions in East Champaran 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>
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|80.14}}
{{bar percent|[[Bihari Muslims|Islam]]|green|19.42}}
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According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] East Champaran district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 5,099,371,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the [[United Arab Emirates]]<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 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = United Arab Emirates 5,148,664
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Colorado]].<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=30 September 2011
|quote=Colorado 5,029,196
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 21st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|1281|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 29.01%.<ref name=districtcensus/> East Champaran has a [[sex ratio]] of 901 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 55.79%. 7.87% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 12.74% and 0.24% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

===Languages===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages in East Champaran district (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Bhojpuri Language|Bhojpuri]] |value1 = 82.67 |color1 = gold
|label2 = [[Urdu language|Urdu]] |value2 = 7.33 |color2 = green
|label3 = [[Hindi]] |value3 = 7.06 |color3 = orange
|label4 = 'Other' Hindi |value4 = 2.58 |color4 = hotpink
|label5 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value5 = 0.26 |color5 = orchid
|label6 = Others |value6 = 0.1 |color6 = grey
}}

According to the 2011 census, 82.67% of the population spoke [[Bhojpuri Language|Bhojpuri]], 7.33% [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and 7.06% [[Hindi]] as their first language. 2.58% of the population spoke 'Others' under Hindi. The eastern border of the district lies in a transition between Bhojpuri and [[Bajjika]].<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>

==Administrative divisions==
The East Champaran district is divided into 6 [[Tehsil]] (sub-division):
# [[Areraj]]
# [[Chakia, Bihar|Chakia]]
# [[Motihari]]
# [[Pakaridayal]]
# [[Raxaul]]
# Sikarahana

== Politics ==
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|}

== Literature ==
Freedom fighter and author [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]] was the first person who penned down the literary history of Champaran. His notable works include ''Champaran Ki Sahitya Sadhana'' (चम्पारन की साहित्य साधना) (1958), ''Champaran:Literature & Literary Writers'' (चम्पारन: साहित्य और साहित्यकार) (1967) and ''Apne Aur Sapne:A Literary Journey Of Champaran'' (अपने और सपने: चम्पारन की साहित्य यात्रा) (1988).<ref>[https://archive.org/details/ApneAurSapneALitereryJourneyOfChamparanByRameshChandraJha/ Apne Aur Sapne : Online PDF book at Archive.org]</ref>

== Tourist places ==
=== Someshwar Nath Mandir, Areraj ===
Someshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir is a well established temple situated in Areraj. The significant divinity of the heavenly temple is of Lord Shiva. Explorers and pilgrims of Lord Shiva go to the holy place from India as well as from Nepal. The merriments on the event of an occasional reasonable known as Shrawani Mela, during July and August, are really pleasant. There are numerous different temples nearby around and thus just, Areraj is known as the holy place of East Champaran.

=== Ashokan Pillar ===
{{See also|Pillars of Ashoka}}
[[File:Side view of Lauriya Nandangarh Ashoka Pillar.jpg|thumb|Ashoka Pillar]]
Ashokan Pillar is situated in Lauria Nandangarh, or Lauriya Navandgarh which is a city or town around 14 km from Narkatiaganj and 28 km from Bettiah in West Champaran district of Bihar state in northern India. It is found near the banks of the Budhi Gandak River. Lauriya Nandangarh is a chronicled place which goes under West Champaran district of Bihar.

=== Kesariya ===
[[File:Kesariya Stupa -kesariya- east champaran- Bihar.jpg|thumb|Kesariya Baudha Stupa]]
Kesariya is arranged on the eastern banks of the [[River Gandak]] and views the enormous 104-feet-tall stupa, which is viewed as the tallest Buddhist stupa. In like manner, Kesariya orders conspicuous situations in East Champaran the travel industry just as history of Buddhism. The stupa was found in the year 1998.

=== Raxaul ===
Raxaul is one of the most significant towns of the East Champaran district. By excellence of its topographical area, it is known as the Gateway to Nepal.

=== Moti Jheel ===
Situated in the core of the Motihari city, Moti Jheel is the most excellent fascination of the city that isolates Motihari into two parts.

=== NREGA Park ===
A lovely and beguiling spot to appreciate with loved ones.

=== Champaran in Gallary ===
<gallery widths=180>
File:Motihari station, India, ca. 1906 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-6).jpg|Motihari Railway Station, 1906
File:Henry Bazaar, Motihari, India, ca. 1906 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-10).jpg|Henry Bazaar(1906), Motihari
File:Birth-Place-George-Orwell-Motihari.jpg|Birth palace of George Orwell, Motihari
File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi paying homage at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, at Motihari, in Bihar (1).jpg|The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi paying homage at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, at Motihari.
File:StonePillar GandhiMuseum.jpg|Stone Pillar Gandhi Museum
File:Lauriya Araraj pillar of Ashoka, Champaran District.jpg|Lauriya Ashoka Pillar, Areraj
</gallery>

=== Gandhi Memorial ===
Gandhi Memorial is situated in Chandrahiya town, On his visit to Champaran Gandhiji was stopped in this town. Chandrahiya is around 8 km away from district headquarter Motihari.

=== Champaran Satyagrah Park ===
The Champaran Satyagraha Shatabdi Park located at the district headquarter of East Champaran. The Park has been built by the Urban Development and Housing office. Neighborhood individuals appreciate the freshness of this park with family, relatives, friends on weekend and holidays.

=== George Orwell Monument ===
The origin of perhaps the most commended scholars of the 20th century and the writer of a few acclaimed books, George Orwell.

=== Sitakund ===
Found 16 Kms from Pipra Railway Station, Sitakund is acclaimed as where Goddess Sita took a heavenly plunge.[[File:StonePillar_GandhiMuseum.jpg|thumb|Stone pillar at the Gandhi Museum]]

==See also==
* [[Districts of Bihar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{EB1911 poster|Champaran}}
* [https://eastchamparan.bih.nic.in/ East Champaran district website]
* [http://tirhut-muzaffarpur.bih.nic.in Official Website of Tirhut Division]
* [https://www.apnamotihari.com/ Motihari (East Champaran)]
* [https://www.biharad.com/district/east-champaran East Champaran District Info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426161110/https://www.biharad.com/district/east-champaran |date=26 April 2021 }}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = East Champaran district
|North = {{NEP|Nepal}}
|Northeast =
|East = [[Sitamarhi district]]
|Southeast = [[Sheohar district]]
|South = [[Muzaffarpur district]]
|Southwest = [[Saran district]]
|West = [[Gopalganj District, India|Gopalganj district]]
|Northwest = [[West Champaran district]]
}}

{{Districts of Bihar}}
{{Tirhut Division}}
{{Tirhut Division topics}}
{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|26.6500|N|84.9167|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}

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