East Champaran district

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East Champaran district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Bihar, known for its historical association with Mahatma Gandhi’s Champaran Satyagraha and its predominantly agrarian economy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
administrativeHeadquarters Motihari
alternativeName Purab Champaran
Champaran
surface form: Purbi Champaran
borderedBy Gopalganj District
surface form: Gopalganj district

Muzaffarpur district
Nepal
Sheohar district
Sitamarhi district
West Champaran district
bordersCountry Nepal
containsBorderTown Raxaul
containsTown Areraj
Chakia
Dhaka
Motihari
Raxaul
Sugauli
country India
economyType agrarian
governingBody East Champaran district self-linksurface differs
surface form: District administration of East Champaran
hasArchaeologicalSite Kesariya Stupa
hasCollector District Magistrate of East Champaran
hasHistoricalEvent Champaran Satyagraha
hasHistoricalSite Gandhi Memorial, Motihari
Kesariya Stupa
Satyagraha Ashram, Motihari
hasLokSabhaConstituency Paschim Champaran Lok Sabha constituency
surface form: Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency

Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency
hasRailwayJunction Raxaul Junction
hasRailwayStation Motihari railway station
hasSubdivision Areraj subdivision
Chakia subdivision
Motihari subdivision
Raxaul subdivision
headquarters Motihari
historicalFigureAssociated Mahatma Gandhi
Raj Kumar Shukla
knownFor Champaran Satyagraha
association with Mahatma Gandhi
languageSpoken Bhojpuri
Hindi
legislativeConstituencyType Lok Sabha constituency
localLanguage Bhojpuri
locatedIn Bihar
India
locatedOnRiver Burhi Gandak River
Gandak River
majorCrop maize
oilseeds
paddy
pulses
sugarcane
wheat
namedAfter Champaran
surface form: Champaran region
officialLanguage Hindi
partOf Tirhut division
region Mithila region
surface form: Mithila

Tirhut
religionMajority Hinduism
religionMinority Islam
state Bihar
timeZone Indian Standard Time
tourismType Buddhist tourism
historical tourism
religious tourism
utcOffset +05:30
vehicleRegistrationCode BR-05

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Sitamarhi district borderingDistrict East Champaran district
Champaran hasSubregion East Champaran district
Champaran dividedInto East Champaran district
this entity surface form: East Champaran
Champaran borderedBy East Champaran district
this entity surface form: Purba Champaran district
Tirhut division includesDistrict East Champaran district
Sheohar district borderedByDistrict East Champaran district
East Champaran district governingBody East Champaran district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: District administration of East Champaran
Motihari locatedIn East Champaran district
Motihari administrativeHeadquartersOf East Champaran district
Burhi Gandak River flowsThrough East Champaran district
West Champaran district hasNeighboringDistrict East Champaran district