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Madhubani district

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Country
  
India

Administrative division
  
Darbhanga

Major highways
  
NH 104, NH 105

Area
  
3,501 km²

Average annual precipitation
  
1,273

State
  
Bihar

Headquarters
  
Madhubani, India

Website
  
Official website

Local time
  
Friday 8:18 PM

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Weather
  
23°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 56% Humidity

University
  
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Madhubani

Bihar 30 feared drowned in madhubani district after bus falls in pond


Madhubani District is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Madhubani town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Madhubani district is a part of Darbhanga Division. The district occupies an area of 3,501 km² and has a population of 3,570,651 (as of 2001).

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Map of Madhubani, Bihar

History

Madhubani became a district in 1972 when it was split from Darbhanga district.

Geography

Madhubani district occupies an area of 3,501 square kilometres (1,352 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to the Bahamas' North Andros Island.

Economy

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Madhubani one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). But in last few years there a lot of changes happened This sansk city is going to adopt urbanisation.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Madhubani district has a population of 4,476,044, roughly equal to the nation of Croatia or the US state of Louisiana. This gives it a ranking of 37th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 1,279 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,310/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.19%. Madhubani has a sex ratio of 925 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 43.35%.

References

Madhubani district Wikipedia