West Champaran district

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West 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 location along the Indo-Nepal border.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
administrativeCenter Bettiah
associatedWith Mahatma Gandhi
borderWith Indo-Nepal border
Nepal
climate humid subtropical climate
country India
governingBody West Champaran district self-linksurface differs
surface form: West Champaran district administration
hasAgriculturalActivity paddy cultivation
sugarcane cultivation
hasBorderState Uttar Pradesh
hasCity Bettiah
hasForestArea Terai forest
hasHeadquarters Bettiah
hasHistoricalRegion Champaran
hasLokSabhaConstituency Paschim Champaran
Valmiki Nagar
hasMajorHighway National Highway 28B
National Highway 727 NERFINISHED
hasMajorTown Bagaha
Narkatiaganj
hasNeighboringDistrict East Champaran district
Gopalganj District
surface form: Gopalganj district

Ballia district
surface form: Padrauna district

Sitamarhi district
hasProtectedArea Valmiki National Park
Valmiki Tiger Reserve
hasRailwayJunction Narkatiaganj Junction
hasRailwayStation Bettiah railway station
hasRiver Burhi Gandak River
Gandak River
hasTown Bagaha
Narkatiaganj
historicalEvent Champaran Satyagraha
knownFor Champaran Satyagraha
locatedIn Bihar
India
locatedInRegion northwestern Bihar
locatedInSubregion Tirhut division
surface form: Tirhut division of Bihar
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time
namedAfter Champaran
officialLanguage Hindi
partOf Tirhut division
regionalLanguage Bhojpuri
subdivisionType district of Bihar
utcOffset +05:30

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Champaran hasSubregion West Champaran district
Champaran dividedInto West Champaran district
this entity surface form: West Champaran
Champaran borderedBy West Champaran district
this entity surface form: Paschim Champaran district
Tirhut division includesDistrict West Champaran district
East Champaran district borderedBy West Champaran district
Bettiah district West Champaran district
Bettiah administrativeCenterOf West Champaran district
Bettiah locatedInDistrict West Champaran district
Burhi Gandak River flowsThrough West Champaran district
West Champaran district governingBody West Champaran district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: West Champaran district administration
Valmiki Tiger Reserve locatedIn West Champaran district