Araria (community development block)

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

Araria
CD Block
Country	India
State	Bihar
Region	Mithila
District	Araria
Subdivision	Araria
Headquarters	Araria (town)
Government
• Type	Community development
• Body	Araria Block
Languages
• Main	Maithili, Hindi, Urdu, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

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.

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

• Administration in Bihar

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.