Araria (community development block)

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

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.

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)

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