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Siwan district

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Siwan, Bihar.

Siwan district is one of the districts of Bihar state, India. Siwan town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Siwan district is a part of Saran division since 1972. The district was previously also known as Aliganj Siwan after the name of Raja Ali Bux Khan. Siwan has historical and mythological importance attached to it. There is ancient ashram of sage Dronacharya in the Don village. It is believed that Dronacharya had spent his time here.[2] The Member of Parliament from Siwan is Vijaylakshmi Devi.[3]

Siwan district
District of Bihar
Baba Mahendra Nath Mandir, Mehdar
Location of Siwan district in Bihar
Location of Siwan district in Bihar
Country India
StateBihar
DivisionSaran
HeadquartersSiwan, Bihar
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesSiwan,Maharajganj (=Vidhan Sabha constituencies
Area
 • Total
2,219 km2 (857 sq mi)
 • Rank24th in the state of Bihar
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
3,330,465
 • Density1,501/km2 (3,890/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy79.61
 • Sex ratio988
Time zoneUTC 05:30 (IST)
PIN
841xxx (Siwan)[1]
Major highwaysNH 531
Websitesiwan.nic.in

The district occupies an area of 2,219 square kilometres (857 sq mi).[4]

History

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Siwan district, situated in the western part of the state, was originally a sub-division of Saran district, which in ancient times formed a part of Kosala Kingdom. Siwan became a fully-fledged district when it was split from Saran in 1976.

Siwan was a part of Banaras Kingdom during the 8th century. Sikandar Lodi brought this area under his kingdom in the 15th century. Babar crossed Ghaghra river near Siswan in his return journey. By the end of the 17th century, the Dutch arrived first, followed by the English. After the battle of Buxar in 1764, it became a part of Bengal. Siwan has been religious centre of various religions. During the 16th century, Dhanauti Monastery was established and Bijak was written here. It is believed that the Buddha attained nirvana in Siwan.

Siwan played an important role in 1856 independence movement. A good number of them rebelled and rendered their services to Babu Kunwar Singh. The last ruler of Siwan was Raja Ismail Ali Khan. The anti pardah movement in Bihar was started by Sri Braj Kishore Prasad who also belonged to Siwan in response to the Non Co-Operative movement in 1920.[5]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901822,808—    
1911781,902−0.51%
1921799,141 0.22%
1931849,186 0.61%
1941976,835 1.41%
19511,077,453 0.99%
19611,213,268 1.19%
19711,462,067 1.88%
19811,778,930 1.98%
19912,170,971 2.01%
20012,714,349 2.26%
20113,330,464 2.07%
source:[6]
Religions in Siwan district (2011)[7]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 81.45%
Islam
 
 18.26%
Other or not stated
 
 0.29%

According to the 2011 census Siwan district has a population of 3,330,464. of which 1,675,090 are males while 1,655,374 are females.[8] This gives it a ranking of 101st in India (out of a total of 640).[8] Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 551,418 which is 16.55% of total population of Siwan district.[8] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.70%.[8] Siwan has a literacy rate of 69.45%,[9] and sex ratio of 988 females for every 1000 males,[8] Siwan ranks 2nd in terms of sex-ratio (988) against the state’s 918. 5.49% of the population lives in urban areas. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 386,685 (11.61%) and 87,000 (2.61%) respectively. Siwan had 534,341 households in 2011.[8]

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Languages of Siwan district (2011)[10]

  Bhojpuri (93.36%)
  Urdu (4.80%)
  Hindi (2.12%)
  Others (0.22%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 93.36% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 4.30% Urdu and 2.12% Hindi as their first language.[10]

Politics

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This section is transcluded from 17th Bihar Assembly. (edit | history)
District No. Constituency Name Party Alliance Remarks
Siwan 105 Siwan Awadh Bihari Yadav RJD MGB
106 Ziradei Amarjeet Kushwaha CPI(ML)L MGB
107 Darauli Satyadeo Ram CPI(ML)L MGB
108 Raghunathpur Hari Shankar Yadav RJD MGB
109 Daraunda Karanjeet Singh BJP NDA
110 Barharia Bachcha Pandey RJD MGB
111 Goriakothi Devesh Kant Singh BJP NDA
112 Maharajganj Vijay Shanker Dubey INC MGB

Administrative divisions

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Siwan is divided into 2 sub-divisions, 19 Blocks, 4 municipalities[11] and 293 Gram Panchayats (village councils).[12]

District Subdivision CD Block Area (KM2) Population (2011)
1 2 19 2,219 3,330,465
Siwan Maharajganj Basantpur 62.22 105,229
Bhagwanpur Hat 149.40 2,20,651
Goriakothi 138 223,709
Lakri Nabiganj 95.21 1,28,899
Maharajganj 115.48 1,90,217
Daraundha 126.60 1,73,200
Siwan Sadar Andar
Barharia 68.80 3,21,292
Darauli
Guthani
HasanPura
Hussainganj
Mairwa
Nautan
Pachrukhi
Raghunathpur
Siswan
Siwan Sadar
Ziradei

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ Siwan
  2. ^ Done, Done. "Done".
  3. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  4. ^ Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) (2010). "States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government". India 2010: A Reference Annual (54th ed.). New Delhi, India: Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India. pp. 1118–1119. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "::. Official Portal - Siwan District.::". Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  6. ^ "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  7. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Siwan" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  9. ^ "census | District Siwan, Government Of Bihar | India". Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  10. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  11. ^ "Municipalities | District Siwan, Government Of Bihar | India". Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  12. ^ "Demography | District Siwan, Government Of Bihar | India". Retrieved 2021-09-07.
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