Araria (community development block)

Araria is a Community development block and a town in district of Araria, in Bihar state of India. It is one out of 6 blocks of Araria subdivision.[1] The headquarter of the block is at Araria town.

For other places with same/similar name, see Araria (disambiguation).

Araria
CD Block
Country India
StateBihar
RegionMithila
DistrictAraria
SubdivisionAraria
HeadquartersAraria (town)
Government
 • TypeCommunity development
 • BodyAraria Block
Languages
 • MainMaithili, Hindi, Urdu, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

The block is divided into many Village Councils and villages.

Etymology

During the British Raj the area was under the administration of a British district collector and municipal commissioner, Alexander John Forbes (1807-1890) of East India Company. Forbes had a bungalow at the same location. Consequently, the area was known as 'residential area' also abbreviated as 'R-area'. Over time the name transformed to 'Araria' and the neighbouring subdivision came to be known as 'Forbesganj'.[2]

Gram Panchayats

Gram panchayats of Araria block in Araria subdivision, Araria district.[3]

Politics

Araria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is the assembly constituency representing Araria (community development block). The same constituency also includes Araria nagar parishad.[4] Avidur Rahman from Indian National Congress is the MLA elected in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.

Araria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[4] Pradeep Kumar Singh, BJP is the MP elected in the 2019 Indian general election.

See also

References
  1. "Subdivision & Blocks :: Araria District". Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. Prasad, Bhuvaneshwar; Agrawal, Rajendra (27 March 2013). "Telecom racket busted in sleepy Araria district of Bihar". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. "Village & Panchayats". www.araria.nic.in.
  4. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.


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