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{{Short description|District in Bihar, India}}
{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Khagaria}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2008}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Khagaria district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]] of [[Bihar]]
| image_skyline = Public-contribution-khagaria-institutes 036.jpg
| image_caption = Street in Khagaria town
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = Bihar district location map Khagaria.svg
| map_caption = Location of Khagaria district in Bihar
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Khagaria
| 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 India|Division]]
| subdivision_type3 = Region
| subdivision_name3 =
| subdivision_name2 = [[Munger division|Munger]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Khagaria]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 1485
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,666,886
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 72.87 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 886
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency|Khagaria]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 31 (India)|NH 31]], [[National Highway 107 (India)|NH 107]]
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 1182 mm
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN Code]]
| postal_code = [https://indiapincodes.net/Bihar/Khagaria/ 8512XX]
| website = {{URL|https://khagaria.nic.in/}}
}}

'''Khagaria district''' is an administrative [[district]] in the state of [[Bihar]] in [[India]]. The district headquarters are located at [[Khagaria]]. Earlier it was a part of [[Munger district|Munger District]] as a sub-division that was created in 1943–44. It was upgraded to the status of a district on 10 May 1981. Khagaria district is a part of [[Munger Division]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Khagari district info|url=https://khagaria.nic.in/about-district/}}</ref>

The present collector and District Magistrate of Khagaria is Amit Kumar Pandey, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] and the current S.P. of Khagaria is Chandan Kumar Kushwaha, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://khagaria.bih.nic.in/ |title=District Official Website |access-date=2010-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715142726/http://khagaria.bih.nic.in/ |archive-date=2011-07-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Geography==
Khagaria district occupies an area of {{convert|1486|km2|sqmi}},<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | last1 = Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) | title = India 2010: A Reference Annual | chapter = States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government | edition = 54th | publisher = Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]] | year = 2010 | location = New Delhi, India | pages = 1118–1119 | isbn = 978-81-230-1617-7}}</ref> comparatively equivalent to [[Greenland]]'s [[Nares Land]].<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 = Nares Land 1,466km2 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://archive.today/20151201081219/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | archive-date = 2015-12-01 }}</ref> The district is surrounded by seven rivers namely [[Ganges]], [[Kamala River|Kamla Balan]], [[Koshi River|Koshi]], [[Burhi Gandak River|Budhi Gandak]], Kareh, Kali Koshi and [[Bagmati River|Bagmati]]. These rivers cause floods every year which causes great loss of life and property including livestock. River Ganga forms the southern boundary of the district. Khagaria experiences an extreme climate with very hot summers and extremely cold winters. Rainy season continues up to October with heavy rainfall causing the rivers to overflow and causing floods in most regions.
== Politics ==
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|}

== Constituencies ==
Khagaria District is covered under one Parliamentary Constituency 25 – Khagaria . 25- Khagaria Parliamentary Constituency consists of six Assembly Constituencies of which four Assembly Constituencies are in Khagaria District and one in Saharsa District another in Samastipur District.

=== Parliamentary constituency ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!S.No
!Assembly Constituency No & Name
!District
!Member of Parliament
|-
| rowspan="6" |'''1.'''
|76-[[Simri Bakhtiarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Simri Bakhtiarpur]]
|[[Saharsa district|Saharsa]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Rajesh Verma (Khagaria politician)|Rajesh Verma]]
|-
|140-[[Hasanpur, Bihar Assembly constituency|Hasanpur]]
|[[Samastipur district|Samastipur]]
|-
|148-[[Alauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alauli]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Khagaria]]
|-
|149-[[Khagaria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khagaria]]
|-
|150-[[Beldaur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Beldaur]]
|-
|151-[[Parbatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Parbatta]]
|}

=== Assembly constituency ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!S.No
!Assembly Constituency No. and Name
!District
!Name of M.L.A.
|-
|'''1'''
|148-[[Alauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alauli]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Khagaria]]
|Sri Ramvriksh Sada
|-
|'''2'''
|149-[[Khagaria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khagaria]]
|Sri Chhatrapati Yadav
|-
|'''3'''
|150-[[Beldaur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Beldaur]]
|Sri Panna Lal Singh Patel
|-
|'''4'''
|151-[[Parbatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Parbatta]]
|Dr. Sanjeev Kumar
|}

==Administration==
===Sub-divisions===
Khagaria district comprises two sub-divisions:

1. [[Khagaria]]

2. [[Gogri Jamalpur|Gogri]]

===Blocks & Circles===
Khagaria district has been divided into seven blocks as well as circles namely:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Khagaria District Administration|url=https://khagaria.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/}}</ref>

# Alauli
# [[Khagaria]]
# Chautham
# Mansi
# [[Gogri Jamalpur|Gogri]]
# Beldaur
# [[Parbatta]]

=== Villages & Panchayats ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!S.No
!Subdivision
!Block/Anchal
!No of Panchayat
!No of Revenue Villages
|-
|'''1'''
| rowspan="4" |[[Khagaria]]
|Alauli
|21
|45
|-
|'''2'''
|Khagaria
|26
|51
|-
|'''3'''
|Chautham
|13
|28
|-
|'''4'''
|Mansi
|7
|13
|-
|'''5'''
| rowspan="3" |[[Gogri Jamalpur|Gogri]]
| [[Gogri Jamalpur|Gogri]]
|24
|68
|-
|'''6'''
|Beldaur
|16
|29
|-
|'''7'''
|[[Parbatta]]
|22
|69
|}

==Economy==
In 2015 union Food processing minister [[Harsimrat Kaur Badal]] laid the foundation stone of a mega food at Mansi block. This will provide benefit to 30000 and generate around 6000 direct and indirect jobs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article-amp/pti-stories/badal-lays-foundation-stone-of-2nd-mega-food-park-in-bihar-115081401622_1.html|title = Badal lays foundation stone of 2nd Mega Food Park in Bihar}}</ref>
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Khagaria 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|Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme]] (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=September 8, 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=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2012 }}</ref>

==Transport==
Khagaria is a small town with a major railway junction on the Barauni Guwahati section of the Indian Railways. National Highway No.31, which connects rest of India to North Eastern region passes through this town. It is also connected to other regions of north Bihar by another rail line to [[Saharsa]] and [[Samastipur]]. A major rail bridge across river Ganges at [[Munger]] connects it to south Bihar and Jharkhand directly.

==Demographics==

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,21,380|13=1911|14=3,31,441|15=1921|16=3,15,166|17=1931|18=3,54,889|19=1941|20=4,01,206|21=1951|22=4,43,401|23=1961|24=5,40,794|25=1971|26=6,41,202|27=1981|28=7,68,653|29=1991|30=9,87,227|31=2001|32=12,80,354|33=2011|34=16,66,886|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 Khagaria 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|89.21}}
{{bar percent|[[Bihari Muslims|Islam]]|green|10.53}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.26}}
}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Khagaria district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,666,886,<ref name=districtcensus>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Khagaria |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/278/download/762/DH_2011_1021_PART_A_DCHB_KHAGARIA.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Guinea-Bissau]]<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 = Guinea-Bissau 1,596,677 July 2011 est. | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-date = 27 September 2011 }}</ref> or the US state of [[Idaho]].<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=Idaho 1,567,582
|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 300th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 1115 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 29.46%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Khagaria has a [[sex ratio]] of 883 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 60.87%. 5.23% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 14.83% and 0.04% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Khagaria district (2011)<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>
|label1 = "Other" Hindi |value1 = 64.46 |color1 = hotpink
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 29.28 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 5.90 |color3 = green
|label4 = Others |value4 = 0.36 |color4 = grey
}}
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 29.28% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]] and 5.90% [[Urdu]] as their first language. 64.46% of the population speaks languages classified as "Others" under Hindi in the census.

== Goddess Durga temple ==
Mother Durga's temple is situated in Sanhouli,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://atulyabihar.com/goddess-durga-temple-in-khagaria/|title = सन्हौली दुर्गास्थान में दशकों से मां दुर्गा विराजमान हैं|date = 7 June 2018}}</ref> adjacent to [[Khagaria]] city for decades. A large number of pilgrims perform religious rituals worshiping here. In addition to various parts of the state, devotees of [[Assam]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] etc. States also come here to offer prayers and offerings in mother's court.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://khagaria.nic.in/ Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110430231931/http://www.allaboutbihar.com/districts/khagaria/index.php Khagaria Information Portal]
* [http://atulyabihar.com/goddess-durga-temple-in-khagaria/ goddess durga temple in khagaria/]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Khagaria district
|North = [[Saharsa district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Madhepura district]]
|Southeast = [[Bhagalpur district]]
|South = [[Munger district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Begusarai district]]
|Northwest = [[Samastipur district]]
}}

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