Sitamarhi district


Sitamarhi is one of the districts of the state of Bihar, India. Dumra is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district is a part of the Tirhut Division and is located along the border of Nepal.

History

This place is considered as birthplace of Sita, the main character of the epic Ramayana and a temple dedicated to Sita lies near Sitamarhi town. A Rock cut sanctuary of Mauryan period is found near Sitamarhi.
In 1875, a Sitamarhi subdistrict was created within the Muzaffarpur district. Sitmarhi was detached from Muzaffarpur and became a separate district as of 11 December 1972. It is situated in the northern part of Bihar. The district headquarters is located in Dumra, five kilometers south of Sitamarhi.
Sitamarhi district became a full-pledged district when it was split from Muzaffarpur district in 1972. 1994 saw the split of Sheohar district from Sitamarhi.
The district is currently a part of the Red Corridor.
There is a village in Sitamarhi District named Harpurwa. There is the tomb of Daataa Shah in Harpurwa which is famous in Sitamarhi district.
Today's Sitamarhi is a pilgrim centre catering to presentation of tradition and mythology. Its legendary association with the classic story of Ramayana gives it a place in the itinerary of a pious Hindu. Though the district of Sitamarhi is known as a religious destination, along with its shrines and temples, it also holds other attractions, such as the Kanti thermal power station, and the city of Sitamarhi offers natural vistas and fashionable buildings.
Colleges and Universities: S.R.K.G. College, Raghunath Jha College

Geography

Sitamarhi district occupies an area of, comparatively equivalent to Australia's Groote Eylandt.
It is situated in flood plain area..
As in August 2019 sitamarhi district was flooded heavily all over district.

Sub-divisions

Sitamarhi district comprises 3 Sub-divisions:

Economy

It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Education

The following is a list of Schools in Sitamarhi, Bihar, India
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connects the area to the Muzaffarpur district and Patna to the South.
Sitamarhi has road connections to adjoining districts, of which the major examples are National Highway 77 and National Highway 104. It is situated on the Darbhanga Narkatiaganj railway line and has the largest railway station of the district. Another broad gauge track, running between Muzaffarpur and Sitamarhi. Direct train services are available to places such as New Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi, Hyderabad and Kanpur. State highways link it to the Madhubani and Sheohar districts. Railway lines connect Sitamarhi to Darbhanga in east, and to Muzaffarpur in south and to Raxaul in west. Sitamarhi has a railway junction. Sitamarhi railway station is on Raxaul-Darbhanga rail route.
The nearest airport to Sitamarhi is the Jay Prakash Narayan Airport which is about 120 km from Sitamarhi.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sitamarhi district has a population of 3,423,574, roughly equal to the nation of Panama or the US state of Connecticut. This gives it a ranking of 96th in India. The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 27.47%. Sitamarhi has a sex ratio of 899 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 53.53%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 82.73% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 13.96% Urdu and 3.25% Maithili as their first language.

Notable people