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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Madhubani, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Madhubani district<br />
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Bihar|District of Bihar]] <br />
| total_type = Total<br />
| native_name = <br />
| image_skyline = Field in a village in Bihar.jpg<br />
| image_caption = A field in Sugauna<br />
| image_map = Bihar district location map Madhubani.svg<br />
| map_caption = Location of Madhubani district in Bihar<br />
| coordinates = <br />
| coor_pinpoint = Madhubani, India<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of Bihar|Division]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Darbhanga division|Darbhanga]]<br />
| established_title = Established<br />
| established_date = <br />
| seat_type = Headquarters<br />
| seat = [[Madhubani, India]]<br />
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]<br />
| parts_style = para<br />
| p1 = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 3501<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_total = 4,487,379<br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_urban = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| demographics_type1 = Demographics<br />
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]<br />
| demographics1_info1 = 60.9 per cent<br />
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio<br />
| demographics1_info2 = 925<br />
| leader_title = <br />
| leader_name = <br />
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]<br />
| leader_name1 = [[Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madhubani]], [[Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jhanjharpur]]<br />
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]<br />
| leader_name2 = [[Harlakhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Harlakhi]], [[Benipatti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Benipatti]], [[Khajauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khajauli]], [[Babubarhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Babubarhi]], [[Bisfi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bisfi]], [[Madhubani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Madhubani]], [[Rajnagar, Madhubani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajnagar]], [[Jhanjharpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jhanjharpur]], [[Phulparas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Phulparas]], [[Laukaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Laukaha]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +05:30<br />
| registration_plate = <br />
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]<br />
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 104 (India)|NH 104]], [[National Highway 105 (India)|NH 105]]<br />
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation<br />
| blank_info_sec2 = 1,273 mm<br />
| website = {{URL|https://madhubani.nic.in/}}<br />
| official_name = <br />
}}<br />
'''Madhubani district''' is one of the thirty-eight [[List of districts of Bihar|districts]] of [[Bihar]], [[India]], and is a part of [[Darbhanga division]]. Its administrative headquarters are located in [[Madhubani, India|Madhubani]]. The district has an area of {{convert|3501|km2}} and has a [[population]] of 4,487,379 (as of 2011).<br />
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==History==<br />
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=10,52,146|13=1911|14=10,58,313|15=1921|16=10,52,477|17=1931|18=11,43,713|19=1941|20=12,48,825|21=1951|22=13,61,699|23=1961|24=16,01,048|25=1971|26=18,92,039|27=1981|28=23,25,844|29=1991|30=28,32,024|31=2001|32=35,75,281|33=2011|34=44,87,379|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}}Madhubani became a district in 1972 when it was split from [[Darbhanga district]].<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 2011-09-25 | work = Statoids | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111017155710/http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | archive-date = 17 October 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> It is believed that [[Baliraajgadh]], an archaeological site which lies in modern-day Madhubani district was the capital of the ancient [[Mithila Kingdom]].<ref>https://hindi.news18.com/blogs/satyam/balirajharh-a-ancient-mithila-915917.html</ref><br />
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==Culture==<br />
{{Main|Madhubani art}}<br />
Madhubani art or Mithila painting<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UvuJyvtsCjwC&q=madhubani+art+madhubani+district&pg=PA96 |title = Madhubani Painting|isbn = 9788170171560|year = 2003}}</ref> was traditionally created by the women of various communities in Mithila region of India and [[Nepal]]. It originated from Madhubani district of Mithila region of [[Bihar]], and, it is popularly called Mithila painting or Madhubani art. Madhubani is also a major export centre of these paintings.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UvuJyvtsCjwC&q=madhubani+art+madhubani+district&pg=PA96|title=Madhubani Painting|date=30 September 2017|publisher=Abhinav Publications|via=Google Books|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221110108/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UvuJyvtsCjwC&pg=PA96&dq=madhubani+art+madhubani+district&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8kJ761p_SAhUrIsAKHb2ZDfYQ6AEIIzAC#v=onepage&q=madhubani+art+madhubani+district&f=false|archive-date=21 February 2017|df=dmy-all|isbn=9788170171560}}</ref> This painting as a form of wall art was practiced widely throughout the region; the more recent development of painting on paper and canvas mainly originated among the villages around Madhubani, and it is these latter developments led to the name Madhubani art being used alongside the name "Mithila Painting."<ref>Carolyn Brown Heinz, 2006, "Documenting the Image in Mithila Art," Visual Anthropology Review, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp. 5-33</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Madhubani district occupies an area of {{convert|3501|km2}},<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 the [[Bahamas]]' [[North Andros]] 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 = North Andros Island 3,439km2 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.is/20151201081219/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | archive-date = 1 December 2015 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> It occupies the Terai region.<br />
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==Economy==<br />
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Madhubani one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[List of districts in India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme. But in last few years there a lot of changes happened.<br />
This city is going to adopt urbanisation.<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><br />
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==Places==<br />
[[Saurath Sabha|Saurath]], a road side village on Madhubani-Jainagar road, contains a temple known as Somnath Mahadev. It owes its importance to the annual Sabha held by [[Maithil Brahmin|Maithili Brahmins]] for negotiating marriages. Many Panjikars who keep the genealogical records of the different families reside here and outside.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://madhubani.bih.nic.in/tourist.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-05-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506174025/http://madhubani.bih.nic.in/tourist.asp |archive-date=6 May 2018 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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[[Laukaha]] is a Town in the district of Madhubani in the [[India]]n state of [[Bihar]]. It is close to the border of Nepalese town of [[Thadi]]. [[Laukaha]] in India and [[Thadi]] in Nepal are a part of one of the agreed route for Mutual Trade between [[India]] and [[Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eximguru.com/exim/trade-agreement/india-nepal-trade.aspx|title=India Nepal Trade Agreement. India-Nepal Foreign Treaty of Trade Agreement.|website=www.eximguru.com|access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref> [[Nepal]] Government of [[Nepal]] has set up a dedicated customs office in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.customs.gov.np/en/customsofficescontact.html|title=Department of Customs, Nepal - Custom Contact Offices|website=www.customs.gov.np|access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref> and Government of [[India]] has set up a Land Customs Station with a Superintendent level officer.<ref>http://www.cybex.in/Notifications/17-2012-Amends-Notification-63-1994-9672.aspx</ref> So in simple Import and Export are allowed in this location.<br />
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== Subdivisions ==<br />
Madhubani District consists of five subdivisions. Each subdivision is headed by a subdivisional magistrate, who is responsible for law and order, development, and revenue related work in their respective subdivisions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://madhubani.nic.in/tehsil/|title=Subdivision {{!}} Madhubani Administration|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-25}}</ref><br />
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# Madhubani Sadar<br />
# Benipatti <br />
# Jhanjarpur <br />
# Phulparas <br />
# Jainagar S<br />
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== Blocks and circles ==<br />
There are 21 blocks and circles in the district and each block is headed by a block development officer and each circle is headed by a circle officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://madhubani.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/|title=Blocks and Circles {{!}} Madhubani Administration|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-25}}</ref><br />
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# [[Rahika]]<br />
# [[Pandaul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandaul]]<br />
# Rajnagar<br />
# Babubarhi<br />
# Kaluahi<br />
# Khjauli<br />
# Jainagar<br />
# Ladania<br />
# Basopatti<br />
# Benipatti<br />
# Bisfi<br />
# Harlakhi<br />
# [[Madhwapur]]<br />
# [[Jhanjharpur|Jhanjarpur]]<br />
# Andhrathadi<br />
# [[Lakhnaur]]<br />
# [[Madhepur]]<br />
# Phulparas<br />
# Ghoghardiha<br />
# [[Khutauna]]<br />
# Laukahi<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 84.07% of the population in the district spoke [[Maithili language|Maithili]], 12.86% [[Urdu]] and 3.01% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Alpura, India]]<br />
*[[Bichkhana]]<br />
*[[Ghoghardiha]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://madhubani.nic.in/ Official website]<br />
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|North = {{NEP|Nepal}}<br />
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|East = [[Supaul district]]<br />
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|South = [[Saharsa district]]<br />
|Southwest = [[Darbhanga district]]<br />
|West = [[Sitamarhi district]]<br />
|Northwest = <br />
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