districts of Bihar
Bihar, a state of India, currently has 38 administrative districts, 101 subdivisions (अनुमंडल) and 534 CD blocks.
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, India. Siwan town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Siwan district is a part of
Saran Division
Saran division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Chhapra is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists of Saran District, also called Chhapra District, Siwan District, Go ...
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. Member of Parliament from Siwan is Kavita Singh.
The district occupies an area of .
History
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
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. 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
Sikandar Khan Lodi (died 21 November 1517), born Nizam Khan, was a Pashtun Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate between 1489 and 1517. He became ruler of the Lodi dynasty after the death of his father Bahlul Khan Lodi in July 1489. The second and most ...
brought this area under his kingdom in the 15th century. Babar crossed
Ghaghra
Ghaghra is a census town in the Ghaghra CD block in the Gumla subdivision of the Gumla district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Ghaghra is located at
Area overview
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river near Siswan in his return journey. By the end of the 17th century, the Dutch came first; followed by the English. After the battle of
Buxar
Buxar is a nagar parishad city in the state of Bihar, India bordering Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the eponymous Buxar district, as well as the headquarters of the community development block of Buxar, which also contains the ce ...
in 1764, it became a part of Bengal.Siwan has been religious centre of various religions.During 16th century Dhanauti Monastery was established and
Bijak
Bijak is the best known of the compilations of the Kabir, and as such is the holy scripture for followers of the Kabir panth sect. It also has a number of folk songs
The Bijak is one of the earliest of the major texts in modern Bagheli
Bagh ...
was written here.It is believed that lord Buddha gained Nirvana in Siwan.
Siwan played an important role in 1857 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.
population
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of 3,330,464. of which 1,675,090 are males while 1,655,374 are females. This gives it a ranking of 101st in India (out of a total of 640). Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 551,418 which is 16.55% of total population of Siwan district. The district has a population density of . Its
population growth rate
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over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.70%. Siwan has a
literacy rate
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of 69.45% and
sex ratio
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of 988
females
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for every 1000 males, Siwan ranks 2nd in terms of sex-ratio (988) against the state’s 918. The
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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population was 386,685 (11.61%) and 87,000 (2.61%) respectively. Siwan had 534,341 households in 2011.
At the time of the
2011 Census of India
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, 93.36% of the population in the district spoke
Bhojpuri
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Hindi
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as their first language.2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue /ref>
Politics
Administrative Division
Siwan is divided into 2 sub-divisions, 19 Blocks, 4
municipalities
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and 293
Gram Panchayats
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(village councils).
Notable people
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Baccha Prasad Singh
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Career Overview
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Brajkishore Prasad
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Early life and education
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Indradeep Sinha
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Biography
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Jai Prakash Narayan Singh
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Janardan Tiwari
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Khesari Lal Yadav
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Mangal Pandey
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Manoj Bhawuk
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Meeran Haider
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Mihir Diwakar
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Mohammad Shahabuddin
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Natwarlal
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Nirupama Pandey
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Prabhavati Devi
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Ramdev Singh
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Ramesh Singh Kushwaha
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Satyendra Dubey
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Shyam Bahadur Singh
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Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi
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Vashishtha Narayan Singh
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