Bhojpur district

In the year 1972, Shahabad district was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur and Rohtas. Buxar was a subdivision of old Bhojpur district then. In 1992, Buxar became a separate district and presently the rest of Bhojpur district has now three sub-divisions – Ara Sadar, Jagdishpur and Piro. It shares its border with Uttar Pradesh in the north west.

• Official Name — Bhojpur district • Type — District of Bihar • Total Type — Total • Coor Pinpoint — Arrah • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — India • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Bihar Government Banner.png Bihar • Subdivision Type2 — Division • Subdivision Name2 — Patna • Established Title — Established • Established Date — 1972 • Seat Type — Headquarters • Seat — Arrah • Parts Type — Tehsils • Parts Style — para • P1 — * 1=Agiaon • 2=Arrah • 3=Barhara • 4=Behea • 5=Charpokhari • 6=Garhani • 7=Jagdishpur • 8=Koilwar • 9=Piro • 10=Sahar • 11=Sandesh • 12=Shahpur • 13=Tarari • 14=Udwant Nagar • Area Total Km2 — 2395 • Population As Of — 2011 • Population Total — 2728407 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Demographics Type1 — Demographics • Demographics1 Title1 — Literacy • Demographics1 Info1 — 88.2% (2024) • Leader Title — District collector • Leader Name — Tanai Sultania, I.A.S. • Leader Title1 — Lok Sabha constituencies • Leader Name1 — Arrah • Leader Title2 — Vidhan Sabha constituencies • Leader Name2 — * 1=Sandesh • 2=Barhara • 3=Arrah • 4=Agiaon (SC) • 5=Tarari • 6=Jagdishpur • 7=Shahpur • Time Zone1 — IST • Utc Offset1 — +05:30 • Postal Code Type — PIN • Postal Code — 802301,802302,802312,802313 (Bhojpur) • Registration Plate — BR-03 • Custom Label Sec1 — Major highways • Custom Data Sec1 — NH-922 • Website — https: bhojpur.nic.in

Bhojpur district occupies an area of 2395 km2. It is located (the headquarter Arrah) at a longitude of 83° 45' to 84° 45' East and the latitude is 25° 10' to 25° 40' North and is situated at a height of 193 meters above sea level.

Till 1972, Bhojpur was part of old Shahabad district. The present district of Bhojpur came into existence in 1972, when Shahabad district was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur and Rohtas. From 1972 to 1991, Buxar was a sub-division of Bhojpur district only. Later on 17 March 1991 Buxar district got separated from Bhojpur district. Bhojpur falls under Patna division.

In 2006 the Indian government named Bhojpur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

The climate of the district is of moderately extreme type. The summers are hot and the winter are cool. Most of the rain that the district receives is from the South- West monsoon, during July and August. Winters are quite dry and light showers may take place during the Rabi crop.

According to the 2011 census Bhojpur district, Bihar has a population of 2,728,407, roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait or the US state of Nevada. This gives it a ranking of 145th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 1136 PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 21.27%. Bhojpur has a sex ratio of 907 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 72.79%. 14.29% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.59% and 0.51% of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.06% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 5.23% Hindi and 2.50% Urdu as their first language. Bhojpuri is considered a Hindi dialect in the census, so in census data its speakers are categorized as speaking Hindi. Languages include Bhojpuri, a language with almost 2,000,000 speakers, according to the study of 'Times of India Daily' written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts, Hindi and Urdu.

The Bhojpur district (headquartered at Arrah) is headed by an IAS officer of the rank of District Magistrate (DM). The district has got 1209 villages under 228 Gram Panchayats, 34 territorial police stations and 1 municipality, Arrah, which has now become a Municipal Corporation.

Bhojpur district comprises three tehsils or Sub-divisions, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM): • Arrah Sadar • Jagdishpur • Piro

These Tehsils are further divided into 14 Blocks, each headed by a Block Development Officer (BDO) • Arrah • Agiaon • Barhara • Bihiya • Charpokhari • Garhani • Jagdispur • Koilwar • Piro • Udwantnagar • Sahar • Sandesh • Shahpur • Tarari

MLA Header Bhojpur District, Bihar

Colleges • Veer Kunwar Singh University • Harprasad Das Jain College • Maharaja College, Arrah • Jagjiwan College

• Veer Kunwar Singh, leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Bihar. • Hare Krishna Singh, commander-in-chief of Kunwar Singh's forces during the rebellion. • Sachchidananda Sinha, interim President of the Constituent Assembly of India, member of the Imperial Legislative Council and the Indian Legislative Assembly. • Abdul Qaiyum Ansari, freedom fighter, President of All India Momin conference; fought against Jinnah's two nation theory, cabinet minister of Bihar, member of parliament. • Professor Abdul Bari, freedom fighter, head of Tata worker's union, founders of Bihar • Bharat Bhushan Tiwari is regarded as the Mangal Pandey of a new struggle against entrenched colonial mindsets.

• Babu Jagjivan Ram, Deputy Prime Minister of India, Defense Minister of India during 1971 India Pakistan war. • Meira Kumar, first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha; former Union Minister and former Indian ambassador to Spain and the UK. • Jagat Narain Lal, general secretary of Hindu Mahasabha. • Ram Subhag Singh, former Union Minister; He was the leader of India's first Opposition in the Lok Sabha (1969-1970). • Shailendra Nath Shrivastava Former MP of Patna • Bindeshwari Dubey, Chief Minister of Bihar. Union minister for Law and Justice in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet • Anant Sharma, former Governor of Punjab and West Bengal; former Union Minister in Government of India during Indira Gandhi's time. • Amrendra Pratap Singh, Cabinet Minister of Agriculture in Government of Bihar. • Brahmeshwar Singh, head of Ranvir Sena. • Jagdish Mahto, founder of Naxal movement in Ekwari, member of CPI (ML). • Shivanand Tiwari, ex-Cabinet Minister in Government of Bihar and former Rajya Sabha MP on JDU ticket.

• Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, 6th Chief Justice of India (1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964). • B.P. Singh, Judge at the Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Grandson of Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha. • Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh, Ex-Chief Justice of the Patna High Court from 1976 to 1982. (a native of Kulharia) • Anil Sinha, Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from 2014 to 2016. • Shashi Bhushan Sahai (IPS), Director-General of Bihar Police. • Muni Lall (IAS), Ex-Union Minister of India and Lok Sabha MP of Sasaram from 1996 to 2004. • Ravi Sinha (IPS), Secretary of RAW from 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2025.

• Bakhorapur • Ekwari • Jalpura Tapa • Kulharia • Masarh • Sakaddi • Harpur,chandi • Belauthi, Bhojpur