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Purnia district

Purnia District is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The city of Purnia is the administrative headquarters of this district. The city of Purnia has continued its tradition of hoisting the national flag at 12:07 am on every Independence Day since 1947. Purnia district is a part of Purnia Division. The district extends northwards from the Ganges river.

Purnia district
Location of Purnia district in Bihar
Country India
StateBihar
RegionMithila
DivisionPurnia
Established14 February 1770
HeadquartersPurnia
Tehsils
  • Purnia East
  • Kasba
  • Krityanand Nagar
  • Srinagar
  • Jalalgarh
  • Dagarua
  • Baisi
  • Amour
  • Baisa
  • Banmankhi
  • Dhamdaha
  • Bhawanipur
  • Barhara Kothi
  • Rupauli
Government
 • District MagistrateMr. Suharsha Bhagat, IAS
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesPurnia, Katihar,Araria and Kishanganj
 • Vidhan Sabha constituenciesAmour, Baisi, Kasba, Banmankhi, Rupauli, Dhamdaha, Purnia,
Area
 • Total3,229 km2 (1,247 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,264,619
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy52.09 per cent
 • Sex ratio921
 • Major ethnolinguistic groupMaithils[1]
Language
 • OfficialHindi[2]
 • Additional officialUrdu[2]
 • Regional LanguagesMaithili
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationBR-11
Major highways
Major Railway Lines
Websitepurnea.nic.in

History

Purnia is part of the Mithila region.[3] Mithila first gained prominence after it was settled by Indo-Aryan peoples who established the Mithila Kingdom (also called Kingdom of the Videhas).[4]

During the late Vedic period (c. 1100–500 BCE), Videha became one of the major political and cultural centers of Ancient India, along with Kuru and Pañcāla. The kings of the Videha Kingdom were called Janakas.[5] The Videha Kingdom was later incorporated into the Vajji confederacy, which had its capital in the city of Vaishali, which is also in Mithila.[6]

During the Mughal rule, Purnea was an outlying military province, and its revenue was mostly spent on protecting its borders against tribes from the north and east.[7] After the capture of Calcutta in 1757, Purnia's local governor raised a rebellion against Siraj ud-Daulah. In 1765, the district became a British possession, along with the rest of Bengal.[8] On February 14, 1770 the district of Purnia in modern history was formed by the East India Company.[9]

Purnia is known for its uniquely designed organization, Ramakrishna Mission, where the festival called Durga Puja is celebrated in October. Another attraction in the city of Purnia is the oldest temple of Mata Puran Devi which is 5 km away from the main city. It is theorized that Purnia received its name from this temple. Other theories also describe how Purnia received its name; which is, that in the past Purnia was named Purna– Aranya, which stands for "complete jungle."

Three districts were partitioned off from Purnia district: Katihar in 1976,[10] Araria and Kishanganj in 1990.[10]

Geography

Purnia district occupies 3,229 square kilometres (1,247 sq mi),[11] comparable to the Solomon Islands' Makira Island.[12] It is a depressed tract, consisting for the most part of a rich, loamy alluvial soil. It is traversed by several rivers flowing from the Himalayas, which afford great advantages of irrigation and water-carriage. Its major rivers are the Kosi, the Mahananda, the Suwara Kali, the Kari kosi, the Saura and the Koli. In the west, the soil is thickly covered with sand deposited by changes in the course of the Kosi. Among other rivers are the Mahananda and the Panar. Its major agricultural products are jute and banana.

Divisions

Purnia district has four subdivisions: Purnea Sadar, Banmankhi, Baisi and Dhamdaha.

Blocks

They are further divided into fourteen blocks:

These contain 246 panchayats with 1,450 villages.

Demographics

Religions in Purnia district (2011)[13]
Religion Percent
Hindus
60.94%
Muslims
38.46%
Other or not stated
0.60%

According to the 2011 census Purnia district has a population of 3,264,619,[14] roughly equal to the nation of Mauritania[15] or the US state of Iowa.[16] This gives it a ranking of 105th in India (out of a total of 640).[14] The district has a population density of 1,014 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,630/sq mi).[14] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 28.66%.[14] Purnia has a sex ratio of 930 females for every 1000 males,[14] and a literacy rate of 58.23%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 11.98% and 4.27% of the population respectively.[14]

Languages in Purnia district (2011)[17]

  Hindi (33.68%)
  Urdu (18.62%)
  'Other' Hindi (18.53%)
  Maithili (10.72%)
  Surjapuri (8.73%)
  Bengali (4.51%)
  Santali (5.57%)
  Others (2.64%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 33.68% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 18.62% Urdu, 10.72% Maithili, 8.73% Surjapuri, 4.51% Bengali and 5.57% Santali as their first language. 18.53% spoke languages recorded as 'Others' under Hindi on the census.[17]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901478,222—    
1911513,879+0.72%
1921548,740+0.66%
1931593,534+0.79%
1941646,133+0.85%
1951685,744+0.60%
1961938,810+3.19%
19711,191,510+2.41%
19811,518,223+2.45%
19911,878,885+2.15%
20012,543,942+3.08%
20113,264,619+2.53%
source:[18]

Politics

Economy

Recently, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has started exploring Purnia basin for crude oil and Natural gas reserves. Estimations show that there might be about 465 million tonnes of reserves in the basin.[20][21]

Culture

Shrines

Some major Hindu temples of Purnea are Puran Devi temple; which is sometimes credited for the name of the city, the Kali Mandir of old Purnia city on the bank of Saura river, the Maata Asthan in Chunapur, Panchmukhi Temple in line bazaar, the Rani Sati Mandir in Kasba, Prahlad Stambh in Banmankhi, and Dhima Shiv Mandir in Dhima, Banmankhi. The city also has the Darghah of Hazrat Mustafa Jamalul Haque Bandagi, Chimni Bazar. An "Urs" in the form of Mela ( village fair) is organized on the 7th day after Eid-Ul-Azha and continues up to 3 days every year. The 'Dargah and Khanquah Alia Mustafia' is located 7 km away from the main city. It is famous for spirituality, communal harmony and Sufism. Its history extends for 400 years, when Hazrat Bandagi came from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh visiting several Khanqahs and Dargahs across India such as the Pandawa Sharif, the Bihar Sharif, etc. The Darghah is playing a major role to spread culture, education, kindness, secularism and spiritual spirits in Northeast Bihar since its establishment. Deorhi at Garbanili (Purnea) hosts the ruins of Kala Bhawan the ancient Darbar (Palace) of Raja Kalanand Singh, where his successor still lives.

The Jalalgadh Fort is a place of historical importance situated in Jalalgadh division.

References

  1. ^ "Election Results in Hindi (चुनाव परिणाम): West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Election News in Hindi".
  2. ^ a b (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ^ Jha, Makhan (21 September 1997). Anthropology of Ancient Hindu Kingdoms: A Study in Civilizational Perspective. M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9788175330344 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Michael Witzel (1989), Tracing the Vedic dialects in Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes ed. Caillat, Paris, pages 13, 17 116–124, 141–143
  5. ^ Witzel, M. (1989). "Tracing the Vedic dialects". In Caillat, C. (ed.). Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo-Aryennes. Paris: Fondation Hugot. pp. 141–143.
  6. ^ Hemchandra, R. (1972). Political History of Ancient India. Calcutta: University of Calcutta.
  7. ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 20, page 414 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu.
  8. ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 20, page 415 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu.
  9. ^ "Purnia district foundation day - Times of India". The Times of India.
  10. ^ a b Law, Gwillim (2011-09-25). "Districts of India". Statoids. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  11. ^ 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)
  12. ^ "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 1998-02-18. Retrieved 2011-10-11. Makira 3,190km2
  13. ^ "Population by Religious Community – 2011". Census of India, 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  15. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. . Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Mauritania 3,681,634 July 2011 est.
  16. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Iowa 3,046,355
  17. ^ a b 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
  18. ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  19. ^ "Bihar: Four of five AIMIM MLAs join RJD, making it single-largest party again with 80 seats". The Indian Express. 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  20. ^ Shankar, A. (2007-02-15). "ONGC eyes Bihar for oil exploration". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  21. ^ "ONGC walks away with all 7 oil, gas blocks on offer in latest bid round". The Financial Express. 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2021-01-10.

External links

  • Official website

List of Freedom Fighters of Purnea District

1. Shri Jibatsh Sharma 'Himanshu' native of Kajha Village, Block Krityanand Nagar, District Purnea

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This article is about the district For its eponymous headquarters see Purnia This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Purnia district news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Purnia District is one of the thirty eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar The city of Purnia is the administrative headquarters of this district The city of Purnia has continued its tradition of hoisting the national flag at 12 07 am on every Independence Day since 1947 Purnia district is a part of Purnia Division The district extends northwards from the Ganges river Purnia districtDistrict of BiharLocation of Purnia district in BiharCountry IndiaStateBiharRegionMithilaDivisionPurniaEstablished14 February 1770HeadquartersPurniaTehsilsPurnia East Kasba Krityanand Nagar Srinagar Jalalgarh Dagarua Baisi Amour Baisa Banmankhi Dhamdaha Bhawanipur Barhara Kothi RupauliGovernment District MagistrateMr Suharsha Bhagat IAS Lok Sabha constituenciesPurnia Katihar Araria and Kishanganj Vidhan Sabha constituenciesAmour Baisi Kasba Banmankhi Rupauli Dhamdaha Purnia Area Total3 229 km2 1 247 sq mi Population 2011 Total3 264 619 Density1 000 km2 2 600 sq mi Demographics Literacy52 09 per cent Sex ratio921 Major ethnolinguistic groupMaithils 1 Language OfficialHindi 2 Additional officialUrdu 2 Regional LanguagesMaithiliTime zoneUTC 05 30 IST Vehicle registrationBR 11Major highwaysNH 27 NH 31 NH 231 NH 131AMajor Railway LinesBarauni Katihar Saharsa and Purnia sectionsBarauni Guwahati lineWebsitepurnea wbr nic wbr in Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Divisions 3 1 Blocks 4 Demographics 5 Politics 6 Economy 7 Culture 7 1 Shrines 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditPurnia is part of the Mithila region 3 Mithila first gained prominence after it was settled by Indo Aryan peoples who established the Mithila Kingdom also called Kingdom of the Videhas 4 During the late Vedic period c 1100 500 BCE Videha became one of the major political and cultural centers of Ancient India along with Kuru and Pancala The kings of the Videha Kingdom were called Janakas 5 The Videha Kingdom was later incorporated into the Vajji confederacy which had its capital in the city of Vaishali which is also in Mithila 6 During the Mughal rule Purnea was an outlying military province and its revenue was mostly spent on protecting its borders against tribes from the north and east 7 After the capture of Calcutta in 1757 Purnia s local governor raised a rebellion against Siraj ud Daulah In 1765 the district became a British possession along with the rest of Bengal 8 On February 14 1770 the district of Purnia in modern history was formed by the East India Company 9 Purnia is known for its uniquely designed organization Ramakrishna Mission where the festival called Durga Puja is celebrated in October Another attraction in the city of Purnia is the oldest temple of Mata Puran Devi which is 5 km away from the main city It is theorized that Purnia received its name from this temple Other theories also describe how Purnia received its name which is that in the past Purnia was named Purna Aranya which stands for complete jungle Three districts were partitioned off from Purnia district Katihar in 1976 10 Araria and Kishanganj in 1990 10 Geography EditPurnia district occupies 3 229 square kilometres 1 247 sq mi 11 comparable to the Solomon Islands Makira Island 12 It is a depressed tract consisting for the most part of a rich loamy alluvial soil It is traversed by several rivers flowing from the Himalayas which afford great advantages of irrigation and water carriage Its major rivers are the Kosi the Mahananda the Suwara Kali the Kari kosi the Saura and the Koli In the west the soil is thickly covered with sand deposited by changes in the course of the Kosi Among other rivers are the Mahananda and the Panar Its major agricultural products are jute and banana Divisions EditPurnia district has four subdivisions Purnea Sadar Banmankhi Baisi and Dhamdaha Blocks Edit They are further divided into fourteen blocks Purnia East Kasba Jalalgarh Krityanand Nagar Srinagar Banmankhi Dhamdaha Barhara Kothi Bhawanipur Rupauli Baisi Baisa Amour DagaruaThese contain 246 panchayats with 1 450 villages Demographics EditReligions in Purnia district 2011 13 Religion PercentHindus 60 94 Muslims 38 46 Other or not stated 0 60 According to the 2011 census Purnia district has a population of 3 264 619 14 roughly equal to the nation of Mauritania 15 or the US state of Iowa 16 This gives it a ranking of 105th in India out of a total of 640 14 The district has a population density of 1 014 inhabitants per square kilometre 2 630 sq mi 14 Its population growth rate over the decade 2001 2011 was 28 66 14 Purnia has a sex ratio of 930 females for every 1000 males 14 and a literacy rate of 58 23 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 11 98 and 4 27 of the population respectively 14 Languages in Purnia district 2011 17 Hindi 33 68 Urdu 18 62 Other Hindi 18 53 Maithili 10 72 Surjapuri 8 73 Bengali 4 51 Santali 5 57 Others 2 64 At the time of the 2011 Census of India 33 68 of the population in the district spoke Hindi 18 62 Urdu 10 72 Maithili 8 73 Surjapuri 4 51 Bengali and 5 57 Santali as their first language 18 53 spoke languages recorded as Others under Hindi on the census 17 Historical populationYearPop p a 1901478 222 1911513 879 0 72 1921548 740 0 66 1931593 534 0 79 1941646 133 0 85 1951685 744 0 60 1961938 810 3 19 19711 191 510 2 41 19811 518 223 2 45 19911 878 885 2 15 20012 543 942 3 08 20113 264 619 2 53 source 18 Politics EditThis section is transcluded from 17th Bihar Assembly edit history No Constituency Name Party Alliance Remarks56 Amour Akhtarul Iman All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen MGB57 Baisi Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad Rashtriya Janata Dal MGB Switched from AIMIM to RJD 19 58 Kasba Md Afaque Alam Indian National Congress MGB59 Banmankhi Krishna Kumar Rishi Bharatiya Janata Party NDA60 Rupauli Bima Bharti Janata Dal United MGB61 Dhamdaha Leshi Singh Janata Dal United MGB62 Purnia Vijay Kumar Khemka Bharatiya Janata Party NDAEconomy EditRecently Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has started exploring Purnia basin for crude oil and Natural gas reserves Estimations show that there might be about 465 million tonnes of reserves in the basin 20 21 Culture EditShrines Edit Some major Hindu temples of Purnea are Puran Devi temple which is sometimes credited for the name of the city the Kali Mandir of old Purnia city on the bank of Saura river the Maata Asthan in Chunapur Panchmukhi Temple in line bazaar the Rani Sati Mandir in Kasba Prahlad Stambh in Banmankhi and Dhima Shiv Mandir in Dhima Banmankhi The city also has the Darghah of Hazrat Mustafa Jamalul Haque Bandagi Chimni Bazar An Urs in the form of Mela village fair is organized on the 7th day after Eid Ul Azha and continues up to 3 days every year The Dargah and Khanquah Alia Mustafia is located 7 km away from the main city It is famous for spirituality communal harmony and Sufism Its history extends for 400 years when Hazrat Bandagi came from Jaunpur Uttar Pradesh visiting several Khanqahs and Dargahs across India such as the Pandawa Sharif the Bihar Sharif etc The Darghah is playing a major role to spread culture education kindness secularism and spiritual spirits in Northeast Bihar since its establishment Deorhi at Garbanili Purnea hosts the ruins of Kala Bhawan the ancient Darbar Palace of Raja Kalanand Singh where his successor still lives The Jalalgadh Fort is a place of historical importance situated in Jalalgadh division References Edit Election Results in Hindi च न व पर ण म West Bengal Kerala Assam Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Election News in Hindi a b 52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India PDF nclm nic in Ministry of Minority Affairs Archived from the original PDF on 25 May 2017 Retrieved 22 January 2019 Jha Makhan 21 September 1997 Anthropology of Ancient Hindu Kingdoms A Study in Civilizational Perspective M D Publications Pvt Ltd ISBN 9788175330344 via Google Books Michael Witzel 1989 Tracing the Vedic dialects in Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo Aryennes ed Caillat Paris pages 13 17 116 124 141 143 Witzel M 1989 Tracing the Vedic dialects In Caillat C ed Dialectes dans les litteratures Indo Aryennes Paris Fondation Hugot pp 141 143 Hemchandra R 1972 Political History of Ancient India Calcutta University of Calcutta Imperial Gazetteer2 of India Volume 20 page 414 Imperial Gazetteer of India Digital South Asia Library dsal uchicago edu Imperial Gazetteer2 of India Volume 20 page 415 Imperial Gazetteer of India Digital South Asia Library dsal uchicago edu Purnia district foundation day Times of India The Times of India a b Law Gwillim 2011 09 25 Districts of India Statoids Retrieved 2011 10 11 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 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a last1 has generic name help Island Directory Tables Islands by Land Area United Nations Environment Program 1998 02 18 Retrieved 2011 10 11 Makira 3 190km2 Population by Religious Community 2011 Census of India 2011 Office of the Registrar General amp Census Commissioner India a b c d e f District Census 2011 Census2011 co in 2011 Retrieved 2011 09 30 US Directorate of Intelligence Country Comparison Population Archived from the original on June 13 2007 Retrieved 2011 10 01 Mauritania 3 681 634 July 2011 est 2010 Resident Population Data U S Census Bureau Retrieved 2011 09 30 Iowa 3 046 355 a b 2011 Census of India Population By Mother Tongue Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901 Bihar Four of five AIMIM MLAs join RJD making it single largest party again with 80 seats The Indian Express 2022 06 30 Retrieved 2022 07 09 Shankar A 2007 02 15 ONGC eyes Bihar for oil exploration Business Standard India Retrieved 2021 01 10 ONGC walks away with all 7 oil gas blocks on offer in latest bid round The Financial Express 2020 01 02 Retrieved 2021 01 10 External links EditOfficial website Purnia Information Portal List of Freedom Fighters of Purnea District1 Shri Jibatsh Sharma Himanshu native of Kajha Village Block Krityanand Nagar District Purnea Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Purnia district amp oldid 1127028454, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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