Araria is a district in Bihar State of India. It has a total of 9 Blocks in this district. The district has an total area of 2,830 sq km. There are 3 towns and 742 villages in this district.
As per census Araria District has a population of 2,811,569 in 2011 out of which 1,463,333 are male and 1,348,236 are female. Population of Araria District in 2020/2021 is 3,173,110(estimates as per aadhar uidai.gov.in feb 2019 data). Literate people are 1,195,768 out of 727,643 are male and 468,125 are female. People living in Araria District depend on multiple skills, total workers are 1,069,893 out of which men are 708,391 and women are 361,502. Total 170,879 Cultivators are depended on agriculture farming out of 147,672 are cultivated by men and 23,207 are women. 414,626 people works in agricultural land as labor, men are 301,856 and 112,770 are women. Araria District sex ratio is 921 females per 1000 of males. Next Araria District Census will be in 2021.
The district has an total area of 2,830 sq km., 51 sq km is urban and 2779 sq km is rural. Out of total population of 3,120,842 in the district, 168,777 are in urban area and 2,642,792 are in rural area. 32,781 households are in urban, 535,361 are in rural area. 101,365 literate people are in urban, 1,094,403 are in rural area.
Geography of Araria
Languages spoken are Hindi
| Blocks | Population 2011 | Male | Female | Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narpatganj | 351,773 | 183,366 | 168,407 | 70,512 |
| Forbesganj | 396,364 | 206,539 | 189,825 | 79,993 |
| Bhargama | 230,835 | 120,475 | 110,360 | 46,986 |
| Raniganj | 398,977 | 207,079 | 191,898 | 81,327 |
| Araria | 386,508 | 200,411 | 186,097 | 78,809 |
| Kursakatta | 149,231 | 78,008 | 71,223 | 29,238 |
| Sikti | 158,543 | 81,644 | 76,899 | 31,513 |
| Palasi | 248,369 | 128,843 | 119,526 | 51,258 |
| Jokihat | 322,192 | 167,889 | 154,303 | 65,725 |