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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gopalganj district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Bihar|District of Bihar]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Bihar district location map Gopalganj.svg
| map_caption = Location of Gopalganj district in Bihar
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Gopalganj, Bihar{{!}}Gopalganj
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of Bihar|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Saran division|Saran]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Gopalganj, Bihar|Gopalganj]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 =
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 2,562,012
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 67.04 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 1021
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gopalganj]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = [[Baikunthpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baikunthpur]], [[Barauli, Bihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barauli]], [[Gopalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gopalganj]], [[Kuchaikote (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kuchaikote]], [[Bhore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhore]], [[Hathua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hathua]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Indian road network|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = NH-28
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = {{URL|https://gopalganj.nic.in/}}
| official_name =
}}
'''Gopalganj''' is one of the administrative districts in the Indian state of [[Bihar]]. The district headquarters is the town of [[Gopalganj, Bihar|Gopalganj]], and the district is part of [[Saran Division]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://gopalganj.bih.nic.in/places.htm |title=Welcome GOPALGANJ |date=2011-07-21 |publisher=Gopalganj.bih.nic.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163443/http://gopalganj.bih.nic.in/places.htm |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Major languages spoken are [[Bhojpuri]], [[Hindi]], and Urdu.

==Geography==
Gopalganj district, India occupies an area of {{convert|2033|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 [[Spain]]'s [[Tenerife 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 = Tenerife2,034km2}}</ref>

==Economy==
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Gopalganj 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=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>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=6,28,381|13=1911|14=5,97,141|15=1921|16=6,10,307|17=1931|18=6,48,526|19=1941|20=7,46,012|21=1951|22=8,22,854|23=1961|24=9,26,736|25=1971|26=11,07,464|27=1981|28=13,62,123|29=1991|30=17,04,310|31=2001|32=21,52,638|33=2011|34=25,62,012|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Gopalganj district, India has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,562,012,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</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 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | 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=2011-09-30
|quote=Nevada 2,700,551
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721072426/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2011-07-21
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 163rd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|1258|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.83%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Gopalganj has a [[sex ratio]] of 1015 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 67.04%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 96.09% of the population in the district spoke [[Bhojpuri]], 1.85% [[Hindi]] and 1.76% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

Based on the 2011 census:
* Population: 2,562,012 (2.62% of the state)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gopalganj.bih.nic.in/dist_glance.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165415/http://gopalganj.bih.nic.in/dist_glance.html |archive-date=2011-07-21 |title=Gopalganj District At a Glance |publisher=Gopalganj.bih.nic.in |date=2011-07-21 |access-date=2012-08-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Density of population: 1260
* Men: 1,267,666 (49.48%)
* Women: 1,294,346 (50.52%)
* Urban population: 162,805 (6.35%)
* Rural population: 2,399,207 (93.65%)
* % of Scheduled castes: 12.43%
* % of Scheduled tribes: 0.29%

==Education==
Initially, Gopalganj had little to offer in terms of good quality education to its residents. Presently Schools and colleges in the city are either run by the government or by private trusts and individuals. The schools are each affiliated with either the [[Central Board of Secondary Education|Central Board for Secondary Education]] (CBSE), or the Bihar School Examination Board.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://biharboard.bih.nic.in/ |title=Bihar School Examination Board |publisher=Biharboard.bih.nic.in |date=2010-12-03 |access-date=2012-08-24}}</ref> English is the medium of instruction in most private schools; though government run schools offer both English and Hindi. The [[Sainik School Gopalganj|Sainik School]] prepares boys for entry into the National Defence Academy. After completing their secondary education, which involves ten years of schooling, students typically enroll at [[junior college|Higher Secondary School]] in one of the three streams—[[liberal arts|Arts]], [[Commerce]] or [[Science]].

==Administrative Division==
Gopalganj is divided into 2 sub-divisions, 14 Blocks, 4 municipalities and 234 gram-panchayat (village councils). There are total 1566 villages in Gopalganj District.<ref name="gopal">{{cite web|url=http://gopalganj.bih.nic.in/dist_admin.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165439/http://gopalganj.bih.nic.in/dist_admin.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-21 |title=archive}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Subdivision
! CD Block
! Hindi name
! Area (KM<sup>2</sup>)
! Population (2011)
|-
!2
!14
!१४
!2,033
!2,562,012
|-
|[[Gopalganj Subdivision|Gopalganj]]|| [[Baikunthpur, Gopalganj|Baikunthpur]]||बैकुंठपुर||204.11|| 217,165
|-
|[[Gopalganj Subdivision|Gopalganj]]||[[Barauli (community development block)|Barauli]]||बरौली|| 184.38|| 263,876
|-
|[[Gopalganj Subdivision|Gopalganj]]||[[Gopalganj (community development block)|Gopalganj]]||गोपालगंज|| 195.47|| 219,527
|-
|[[Gopalganj Subdivision|Gopalganj]]||[[Kuchaikote]]||कुचायकोट||251.43||332,041
|-
|[[Gopalganj Subdivision|Gopalganj]]||[[Manjha, Gopalganj|Manjha]]||मांझा||141.47||199,452
|-
|[[Gopalganj Subdivision|Gopalganj]]||[[Thawe (community development block)|Thawe]]||थावे||69.99||116,106
|-
|[[Gopalganj Subdivision|Gopalganj]]||[[Sidhwaliya]]||सिधवलिया||120.13||141,563
|-
|[[Hathua Subdivision|Hathua]]||[[Bhorey]]||भोरे||147.73||178,199
|-
|[[Hathua Subdivision|Hathua]]||[[Hathua]]||हथुआ||146.65||221,804
|-
|[[Hathua Subdivision|Hathua]]||[[Kateya]]||कटेया||126.17||130,830
|-
|[[Hathua Subdivision|Hathua]]||[[Panchdewari]]||पंचदेवरी||92.82||99,933
|-
|[[Hathua Subdivision|Hathua]]||[[Phulwariya]]||फुलवरिया||95.56||130,801
|-
|[[Hathua Subdivision|Hathua]]||[[Uchkagaon]]||ऊँचकागांव||113.29||177,677
|-
|[[Hathua Subdivision|Hathua]]||[[Vijayipur]]||विजयीपुर||130.40||133,038
|}

===Urban councils===
There are 4 urban area in Gopalganj district. 3 [[Nagar Panchayat]] and 1 [[Nagar Parishad]]. Although Hathua is also an urban area categorized as [[Census town]] but not counted as municipality.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!City council
!Council's type
!Hindi name
!part of (Block)
!Area (KM²)
!Population (2011)
|-
|[[Gopalganj, India|Gopalganj]]
|[[Nagar Parishad]]
|गोपालगंज
|[[Gopalganj (community development block)|Gopalganj]]
|11.11
|67,339
|-
|[[Kataiya, India|Kataiya]]
|[[Nagar Panchayat]]
|कटैया
|[[Kataiya (community developmen block)|Kataiya]]
|12.06
|20,193
|-
|[[Mirganj, Bihar|Mirganj]]
|[[Nagar Panchayat]]
|मीरगंज
|[[Unchkagaon (community development block)|Unchkagaon]]
|5.48
|26,240
|-
|[[Barauli, Bihar|Barauli]]
|[[Nagar Panchayat]]
|बरौली
|[[Barauli (community development block)|Barauli]]
|22.21
|41877
|-
|[[Hathua]]
|[[Census town]]
|हथुआ
|[[Hathua (community development block)|Hathua]]
|1.06
|7,156
|}

===Village councils===
There are 234 Village councils in Gopalganj district grouped into 14 blocks.

==Vidhan Sabha Constituencies==
*Baikunthpur
*Barauli
*Gopalganj
*Kuchaikote
*Bhore
*Hathua
*Mirganj

==Transport==

NH 28 passes through Gopalganj one can find the multiple buses for commuting in state and other state.

[[Siwan Junction railway station]] is the main railway station for Gopalganj. Thawe station also serves local passenger other small station: Hathua Road, Sasamusa, Sipaya-(Serves Kuchaikote, Khutwania, Dubey Khariya, Vinod Khariya and nearby Villages), and Tamkuhi Road.

[[Sabeya Airport]], [[Jay Prakash Narayan Airport]] [[Patna]] and [[Gorakhpur Airport|Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport]], [[Gorakhpur]] are the nearest commercial airports.

==Notable people==
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]] of [[Indian National Congress]], freedom fighter, former Union-Minister and Former Governor of Kerala, and freedom fighter, first Women to attain Master's Degree from Bihar and the first woman from Bihar to become Governor
* [[Abdul Ghafoor (politician)|Abdul Ghafoor]], former Chief Minister of Bihar, 1973 to 1975
* [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]], former Chief Minister of Bihar and former Rail Minister of India
* [[Rabri Devi]], thrice Chief Minister of Bihar, wife of Laloo Prasad Yadav
* [[U. K. Sinha|UK Sinha]], Chairman of the [[Securities and Exchange Board of India]]

* [[Anurag Kumar]], Director, IISc.
* [[Pankaj Tripathi]], actor
*[[Janak Ram]], Politician.
*[[Amrendra Kumar Pandey]], Politician.
* [[Shambhu Sharan Shrivastava]], Politician

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://gopalganj.nic.in/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Gopalganj district
|North = [[West Champaran district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[East Champaran district]]
|Southeast = [[Muzaffarpur district]] <br> [[Saran district]]
|South = [[Siwan district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Deoria district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|Northwest = [[Kushinagar district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
}}

{{Districts of Bihar}}
{{Saran Division}}
{{Saran Division topics}}

{{coord|26.4654|N|84.4416|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:IN|display=title}}

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