Siwan district is one of the

districts of Bihar Bihar, a state of India, currently has 38 administrative districts, 101 subdivisions (अनुमंडल) and 534 CD blocks. A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate or a deputy c ...

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. 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

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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 brought this area under his kingdom in the 15th century. Babar crossed

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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 in 1764, it became a part of Bengal.Siwan has been religious centre of various religions.During 16th century Dhanauti Monastery was established and

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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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Siwan district has a

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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 over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.70%. Siwan has a

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of 69.45% and

sex ratio The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species dev ...

of 988 females for every 1000 males, Siwan ranks 2nd in terms of sex-ratio (988) against the state’s 918. The

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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

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, 93.36% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 4.30%

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Politics

Administrative Division

Siwan is divided into 2 sub-divisions, 19 Blocks, 4

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and 293 Gram Panchayats (village councils).

Notable people

* Rajendra Prasad, 1st

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Abdul Ghafoor ʻAbd al-Ghaffār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الغفار) is a male Muslim given name, and, in modern usage, surname, built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and '' al-Ghaffār'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to t ...

* Apoorvanand * Avishek Sinha *

Azazul Haque Azazul Haque is an Indian politician from Bihar. A two-time Member of Legislative Assembly from the Ziradei constituency (2000-2005), he served as a minister of state in the Rabri Devi government. He left the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) to join ...

* Baccha Prasad Singh * Bishwanath Singh *

Brajkishore Prasad Brajkishore Prasad (1877–1946) was a lawyer inspired by Mohandas Gandhi during the Indian Independence Movement. Early life and education Born in a Kayastha family in Srinagar, Siwan district, Prasad gained his early education in Chhapra ...

Chandrashekhar Prasad Chandrashekar Prasad (20 September 1964 – 31 March 1997) popularly known as Chandu was a student leader and later an activist affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. He graduated from the Jawaharlal Nehru Uni ...

* Indradeep Sinha * Jai Prakash Narayan Singh * Janardan Tiwari * Kaushalendra Pratap Shahi * Kavita Singh *

Khesari Lal Yadav Shatrughan Kumar Yadav (born 15 March 1986), known professionally as Khesari Lal Yadav, is an Indian actor, singer, dancer and model associated with Bhojpuri cinema. Also known by the Initialism KLY, Khesari has appeared in more than 70 films ...

* Mangal Pandey * Manoj Bhawuk * Meeran Haider * Mihir Diwakar *

Mohammad Shahabuddin Mohammad Shahabuddin (10 May 1967 – 1 May 2021) was a politician and former Member of Parliament from the Siwan constituency in the state of Bihar. He was a former member of the National Executive Committee of the Janata Dal and the Rasht ...

* Natwarlal * Nirupama Pandey * Om Prakash Yadav * Prabhavati Devi *

Ramdev Singh Ramdev Singh (8 October 1935 – 14 April 2022) was the first trade union leader (''mazdoor neta'') of Hindalco Industries, Hindalco Industries Limited, Renukoot of Aditya Birla Group. He was popular among workers of Hindalco and other factor ...

Ramesh Singh Kushwaha Ramesh Singh Kushwaha (born 25 January 1962) is an Indian politician. He is State President of Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal, Bihar. He is former member Of Bihar Legislative Assembly from 106th Ziradei constituency in Siwan district. Early life ...

Raza Naqvi Wahi Raza Naqvi Wahi (born Syed Mohammad Raza Naqvi; 19 January 1914 – 5 January 2002) was an Indian Urdu-language poet during his time. He used the ''takhallus'' (pen name) of Wahi. Creative Journey And Evolution * The creation of first Shair ...

* Satyendra Dubey * Shyam Bahadur Singh *

Sunil Prasad Sunil Prasad is an Indian film director and writer. Born in Siwan, Bihar Siwan is a city and nagar parishad in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Siwan district and one of the urban settlements out of thr ...

* Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi * Vashishtha Narayan Singh

References

External links

Official website
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