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{{Short description|District in Bihar, India}}
{{Distinguish|text=[[Bhojpuri region]], a larger linguistic area}}
{{For|the Nepali district with same name|Bhojpur District, Nepal}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Bhojpur district
| name =
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]] of [[Bihar]]
| total_type = Total
| image_skyline = Arrah- Chhapra Bridge, Ara (Bihar).jpeg
| image_caption = [[Arrah–Chhapra Bridge]]
| image_map = Bihar district location map Bhojpur.svg
| map_caption = Location of Bhojpur district in Bihar
| image_map1 =
| map_caption1 =
| coordinates = {{coord|25|46|N|84|52|E}}
| coor_pinpoint = Arrah
| 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 = [[Patna division|Patna]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1972
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Arrah]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 = {{hlist|title=List (14)
|1=[[Agiaon]]|2=[[Arrah]]|3=[[Barhara]]|4=[[Behea]]|5=[[Charpokhari]]|6=[[Garhani]]|7=[[Jagdishpur]]|8=[[Koilwar]]|9=[[Piro, Bhojpur|Piro]]|10=[[Sahar, Bihar|Sahar]]|11=[[Sandesh, Bihar|Sandesh]]|12=[[Shahpur, Bihar|Shahpur]]|13=[[Tarari, Bihar|Tarari]]|14=[[Udwantnagar|Udwant Nagar]]}}
| area_total_km2 = 2395
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 2728407
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 72.79%
| leader_title = [[District collector]]
| leader_name = Tanai Sultania, I.A.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bhojpur.nic.in/|title=District Bhojpur, Government of Bihar | India | India}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]]
| leader_title2 = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = {{hlist|title=7 seats|1=[[Sandesh Assembly constituency|Sandesh]]|2=[[Barhara Assembly constituency|Barhara]]|3=[[Arrah Assembly constituency|Arrah]]|4=[[Agiaon Assembly constituency|Agiaon (SC)]]|5=[[Tarari Assembly constituency|Tarari]]|6=[[Jagdishpur, Bihar Assembly constituency|Jagdishpur]]|7=[[Shahpur, Bihar Assembly constituency|Shahpur]]}}
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 802301,802302,802312,802313 (Bhojpur)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiapincodes.net/Bihar/Bhojpur/|title=Pin Codes of Bhojpur, Bihar, India, Bhojpur Pincode Search|website=indiapincodes.net}}</ref>
| registration_plate = BR-03
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 922 (India)|NH-922]]
| website = {{URL|https://bhojpur.nic.in}}
}}

'''Bhojpur district''' is one of the 38 districts of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. [[Arrah]] city (also known as Ara) is the administrative headquarters of this district. Bhojpur district came into existence in 1972. Earlier it was the part of [[Shahabad district]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCZFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT289|title = Mapping Bihar: From Medieval to Modern Times|isbn = 9781351034166|last1 = Gopal|first1 = Surendra|date = 22 December 2017| publisher=Routledge }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVA0JAzQJkYC|title=Popular Literature and Pre-modern Societies in South Asia|isbn=9788131713587|last1=Singh|first1=Surinder|last2=Gaur|first2=I. D.|year=2008|publisher=Pearson Education India }}</ref>

In the year 1972, Shahabad district was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur and [[Rohtas district|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 – [[Arrah|Ara]] Sadar, [[Jagdishpur]] and [[Piro, Bhojpur|Piro]]. It shares its border with [[Uttar Pradesh]] in the north west.

==Geography==

Bhojpur district occupies an area of {{convert|2395|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | editor = Srivastava, Dayawanti | 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>

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.<ref>{{cite web|title=About District {{!}} Welcome To Bhojpur District {{!}} India|url=https://bhojpur.nic.in/about-district/|access-date=2020-07-02|language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==

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 district|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]].

==Economy==

In 2006 the Indian government named Bhojpur 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 38 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>

== Climate ==
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.

==Demographics==

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=6,41,566|13=1911|14=6,09,751|15=1921|16=5,93,796|17=1931|18=6,52,468|19=1941|20=7,62,131|21=1951|22=8,79,888|23=1961|24=10,21,109|25=1971|26=12,30,052|27=1981|28=14,90,714|29=1991|30=17,92,771|31=2001|32=22,43,144|33=2011|34=27,28,407|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 Bhojpur 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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|left1=Religion
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|92.30}}
{{bar percent|[[Bihari Muslims|Islam]]|green|7.25}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.45}}
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According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Bhojpur district, Bihar has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,728,407,<ref name=districtcensus>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Bhojpur |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/260/download/690/DH_2011_1029_PART_A_DCHB_BHOJPUR.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kuwait]]<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 = Kuwait 2,595,62
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nevada]].<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=Nevada 2,700,551
|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 145th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|1136|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 21.27%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Bhojpur has a [[sex ratio]] of 907 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|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.<ref name=districtcensus/>

===Languages===

{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Languages in Bhojpur district (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] |value1 = 92.06 |color1 = gold
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 5.23 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 2.50 |color3 = green
|color4=grey|value4=0.21|label4=Other}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 92.06% of the population in the district spoke [[Bhojpuri Language|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.<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>

Languages include [[Bhojpuri language|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,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Bhojpuri: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bho | access-date =30 September 2011 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> [[Hindi]] and [[Urdu]].

==Administration==
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 Panchayat]]s, 34 territorial police stations<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bhojpurpolice.bihar.gov.in/policeStation |title=List of police stations in Bhojpur District, India |work=Bihar Police |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> and 1 municipality, Arrah, which has now become a [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Babu Veer Kunwar Singh Babu Veer Kunwar Singh |url=https://bhojpur.nic.in/ |title=Welcome To Bhojpur District | India |publisher=Bhojpur.nic.in |date= |access-date=2022-05-07}}</ref>

===Tehsils===
Bhojpur district comprises three tehsils or Sub-divisions, each headed by a [[Sub-Divisional Magistrate]] (SDM):
#[[Arrah|Arrah Sadar]]
#[[Jagdishpur]]
#[[Piro, Bhojpur|Piro]]

===Blocks===
These Tehsils are further divided into 14 [[Community development block|Block]]s, each headed by a Block Development Officer (BDO)<ref>[https://bhojpur.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/ Bhojpur District, Bihar].</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
#Arrah
#[[Agiaon]]
#[[Barhara]]
#[[Bihiya]]
#[[Charpokhari]]
#[[Garhani]]
#Jagdispur
#[[Koilwar]]
#Piro
#[[Udwantnagar]]
#[[Sahar, Bihar|Sahar]]
#[[Sandesh, Bihar|Sandesh]]
#[[Shahpur, Bihar|Shahpur]]
#[[Tarari, Bihar|Tarari]]
{{div col end}}

== Politics ==

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==Education==
'''Colleges'''

* [[Veer Kunwar Singh University]]
* [[Harprasad Das Jain College]]
* [[Maharaja College, Arrah]]
* [[Jagjiwan College]]

==Notable people==

===Freedom fighter===
* [[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 [[Central Legislative Assembly|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

=== Politics ===
* [[Babu Jagjivan Ram]], [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]], Defense Minister of India during [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|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.

=== Government office holders ===

* [[Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha]], 6th [[Chief Justice of India]] (1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964).
* [[B. P. Singh (judge)|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|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 Lok Sabha constituency|Sasaram]] from 1996 to 2004.
* [[Ravi Sinha]] (IPS), Secretary of [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]] from 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2025.

=== Academia & literature ===

* [[Vashishtha Narayan Singh]], mathematician.
* [[Amitava Kumar]], English writer, Helen D. Lockwood Chair Professor at [[Vassar College]]
* [[Acharya Shivpujan Sahay]], Hindi novelist.
* [[Mithileshwar]], Hindi writer.

=== Television & film personalities ===

* [[S. H. Bihari]], Bollywood lyricist.
* [[Shailendra (lyricist)]], Bollywood lyricist.
* [[Vinay Pathak]], actor.
* [[Pawan Singh]], singer and actor.
* [[Neeraj Pandey]], filmmaker.
* [[Vishal Aditya Singh]], actor.

== Villages ==


* [[Bakhorapur, Bhojpur|Bakhorapur]]
* [[Ekwari]]
* [[Jalpura Tapa]]
* [[Kulharia]]
* [[Masarh]]
* [[Sakaddi]]
* [[Harpur,chandi]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}

* {{Official website|https://bhojpur.nic.in}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Bhojpur district
|North = [[Ballia district]], Uttar Pradesh
|Northeast = [[Saran district]]
|East = [[Patna district]]
|Southeast = [[Arwal district]]
|South =
|Southwest = [[Rohtas district]]
|West = [[Buxar district]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Districts of Bihar}}
{{Patna Division}}
{{Patna Division topics}}
{{Son basin}}
{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|25.5562|N|84.6653|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:IN|display=title}}

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