Khagaria district

Khagaria district is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India, and Khagaria town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Khagaria district is a part of Munger Division.

Headquarters: Khagaria
Area: 1,486 km?
Population: Total: 987227 Rural: 928423 Urban: 58804
Sub Divisions: Khagaria, Goghri
Blocks: Gogari, Parwatta, Khagaria, Alauli, Chautham, Beldaur, Mansi
Agriculture: Paddy, Wheat, Maize, Banana
Industry:
Rivers: Ganges, Kosi, Budhi Gandak, Bagmati, Kamla Balan, Kali Kosi, Kareh

Khagaria is an administrative district in the state of Bihar in India. The district headquarters are located at Khagaria. The district occupies an area of 1486 km² and has a population of 1,276,677 (as of census 2001). The district is surrounded by seven rivers namely Ganga,Kamla Balan,Koshi,Budhi Gandak,Kareh, Kali Koshi and Bagmati. These rivers cause floods every year which causes great loss of life and property including lifestock. Khagaria is small town with a major railway junction on the Barauni Guwahati section of the Indian Railways.National Highway No.31, which connects rest of India to North Eastern region passes through this town. It is also connected to other regions of north Bihar by another rail line to Saharsa and Samastipur. Building of a major rail bridge across river Ganga Munger is underway to connect it to south Bihar and Jharkhand directly.

History

Also known as Farakiya in local region. There is an interesting story behind it. Five centuries ago Akbar, then the king of Mugal empire directed his revenue minister Todarmal to map his entire empire. But he could not map this region now known as Khagaria due to difficult terrain, rivers and dense forests. So, he named it Farakiya (Farak in Hindi means separate). Now there is even a weekly newspaper- 'Farkiyanchal Times' (albeit published arbitrarily).

People and culture

Predominantly a rural district it has a mixed population and colourful culture. Population consist of different castes including Bhumihar Brahmins, other Brahmin sub-castes,barai, Rajput, Kayshtha, Yadav, Koari and Kurmi, Marwari and others, but barai,Yadavs, Koeri and Kurmis are in majority. Major festivals are Chat Pooja, Holi, Durga Pooja (Dushehra) and Dipawali. Marriage is intracaste; People here tend to marry within their region only. You will find quite soft spoken and mild mannered people contrary to the general perception about Bihar.Majority of population of Khagaria town is of younger age signifying a shifting population from villages to district center. Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster has one local broadcasting center here with one local channel Awaaz.

Language and dialects

Mainly Angika & Maithili though dialect changes every ten kilometer, like any district of Bihar.

Education

Major educational centers are located in the town of Khagaria, which includes educational institutions and vocational institutions where students can learn music, dance, art and craft.Besides many govt. run schools, there are some colleges for the higher education including women's college; one prestigious center for higher education Koshi College, Khagaria. DAV public school Khagaria has constantly ranked among the top schools of Bihar. Majority of students after finishing higher secondary go to other big cities like Patna or Delhi for higher education and competitive examinations.Fact|date=January 2008 District has a distinct reputation for producing IAS officers constantly.Fact|date=January 2008 Many students from here are now settled abroad and doing great.Fact|date=January 2008

cinema

Khagaria is now left only with three cinemas the oldest one being Sri Laxmi Cinema which was established by Late Sri Nirmal Chandra Gupta in the year 1954 and started its screening at the present campus in the year 1968. The cinema hall being amongst the few entertainment sourses in the town holds a key place in the hearts of people of khagaria and sri Laxmi Cinema is providing the same for more than 40 years. In the present scenario when bhojpuri and angika films are doing very well in bihar Sri Laxmi Cinema is leaving no stone unturned to provide its audience a view of their favourate stars by holding the premier shows in presence of full cast and crew of the film.

ee also

*Districts of Bihar

Reference

External links

Sri Ram Takiz is One of the most Respectable cinema hall in Khagaria. [Navin from Chukti]