Saran division

Division of Bihar in India

25°47′05″N 84°43′39″E / 25.7848°N 84.7274°E / 25.7848; 84.7274Country

IndiaStateBiharHeadquartersChhapraDistrictsSaran, Siwan, Gopalganj DistrictGovernment

• CommissionerNarmdeshwar Lal [Additional Charge] ^[1]Population

(2011)

• Total9,819,311Websitesarandivision.bih.nic.in

Saran division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Chhapra is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists of Saran district, also called Chhapra District, Siwan district, Gopalganj district.

Hathwa Raj was a zamindari in the Saran Division of Bihar belonging to Bhumihars which encompassed 1,365 villages, was inhabited by more than 391,000 people, and produced an annual rental of almost a million rupees.^[2]

References

^ "Govt shifts 12 IAS officials, five get additional charge". The Times of India. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ Yang, Anand A. (1999). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar. University of California Press. pp. 305 (at page 69). ISBN 978-0-520-21100-1.

Saran division topics

General

Hathwa Raj

Districts

Community development blocks

Sonpur
Dariapur
Kuchaikote
Ziradei

Rivers

Transport

NH 727
NH 531
NH 331
NH 722
Digha–Sonpur Bridge
Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines
Arrah–Chhapra Bridge

Lok Sabha constituencies

Gopalganj
Maharajganj
Saran
Siwan

Vidhan Sabha constituencies

Saran	Ekma Manjhi Baniapur Taraiya Marhaura Chapra Garkha Amnour Parsa Sonpur
Gopalganj	Baikunthpur Barauli Gopalganj Kuchaikote Bhore Hathua
Siwan	Siwan Ziradei Darauli Raghunathpur Daraunda Barharia Goriakothi Maharajganj