Araria

Araria district is one of the district of Bihar State in India, and Araria town is the administrative headquarters of Araria district. Araria district is a part of Purnia division.

Araria as a district was formed in January 1990 as one of the administrative districts of under Purnia Division. During the British period, the area where one Mr. Forbes’s Bungalow was located was called “Residential Area”, which people called as R. Area. Over a period of time, R. Area acquired the pronunciation “Arariya”. Renu ji (Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’, legendary novelist and story writer, belonged to Araria.

Infrastructure:- Araria is connected with the other districts of Bihar by bus and railways. The nearest railway station is Araria Court and Araria(R.S) and the nearest air port is at Bagdogra. Araria is also accessible to other parts of India by railways via Katihar which is a big and important junction.

Transportation:- Both rail and road links are available. Araria contains two bus terminals one at “Zero Mile” and second in the city. Buses for most of the districts of Bihar are available as well as for internal villages and blocks too. NH 57 runs through the district.

Railways is in the form of Broad-gauge. Which is newly built. This broad gauge service has been inaugurated by Union Railway Minister Mr.Laloo Prasad Yadav on 5 June 2008. Now tri-weekly trains are available from Jogbani to Kolkata via Katihar. Katihar is a big and important junction from there trains to all important cities of India are available.

Educational centers in araria-

Araria college
Araria, Bihar - 854311

J. N. Vidyalaya Araria, R. S.
Araria - Araria Bihar - 854311

Azad Academy
Azad Nagar, Araria Bihar - 854311

High School Araria

Main Market, Araria Court, Araria Bihar - 854311

Girls H. S. Araria
Araria - Araria Bihar- 854311

Assabeel Academy
Main Road, Araria Bihar - 854311

Kakurwa Middle School
Araria, Araria Bihar - 854311

Araria Public School Araria
Araria Bihar- 854311

Scottish Public School
Near Bus Stand, Araria Bihar- 854311

Adarsh Vidya Mandir
Ashram Road, Araria Bihar - 854311

Bagdahra Middle School
Araria Bihar - 854311

CARF Educational Foundation

Hat Bazar Road, Araria Bihar - 854311

Delhi Public School

Araria Bihar - 854311

Mahatma Gandhi Smark High School
Araria Bihar - 854311

Midland School
Araria Islam Nagar, Araria Bihar - 854311

Homeschooled in Araria
Araria - Araria Bihar - 854311

Araria Assembly Constituency Elections Results from 1977 to 2010

Year	Voter Turnout Percentage	Winner Candidate	Percentage	Party	Runnerup Candidate	Percentage	Party
2004	55.06	SUKDEO PASWAN	33.21	BJP	RAMJI DAS RISHIDEO	28.96	SP
1999	62.22	Sukdeo Paswan	48.32	RJD	Parmanand Rishidev	47.98	BJP
1998	66.13	Ramje Das Rishideo	45.56	BJP	Geeta Devi	40.56	RJD
1996	56.69	Sukdeo Paswan	42.84	JD	Ramji Rishideo	34.58	BJP
1991	60.07	Sukdeo Paswan	53.61	JD	Sukha Paswan	22.31	BJP
1989	62.05	Sukdeo Paswan	44.09	JD	Dumar Lal Bhitha	31.05	INC
1984	59.65	Doomar Lal Baitha	63.87	INC	Mahendra Nasardar	20.75	LKD
1980	55.84	Dumar Lal Baitha	49.31	INC(I)	Nawal Kishore Bharti	32.95	JNP(S)
1977	58.86	Mahendra Narayan Sardar	65.36	BLD	Dumar Lal Baitha	33.38	INC

Movie:- Famous movie Teesri Kasam was shot in villages of Araria. It was Basu Bhattacharya film, based on book of Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’ named ‘Mare Gaye Gulfam’, starrer Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman.

Famous movie Teesri Kasam was shot in villages of Araria. It was Basu Bhattacharya film, based on book of Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’ named ‘Mare Gaye Gulfam’, starrer Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman.

Railway Stations:- Araria Court & Araria (R S)

Distance from Purnia:- 42 km.

Nearest Airport:- Bagdogra, West Bengal

Distance from Nepal:- 42 km.^[2]

Headquarters:- Araria.

Area:- 2,830 km.

Population:- Total: 2125000, Male:-1109000,  Female:-1016000.

Sub Divisions:- Araria Farbisganj (also spelled Forbesganj).

Blocks:- Araria, Raniganj, Bharganwan, Kursakata, Sikti, Narpatganj, Farbisganj (also spelled Forbesganj), Palasi, Jokihat.

Agriculture:- Paddy, Maize, Jute.

Industry:- Jute Mills.

Rivers:- Kosi, Suwara, Kali and Koli…….