Purnia (Division)

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Purnia Division
पूर्णिया प्रमंडल
Division map
State : Bihar
Coordinates 25 ° 47 '  N , 87 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 25 ° 47 '  N , 87 ° 28'  E
Administrative headquarters : Purnia
Area : 11,054 km²
Residents : 7,721,089
Population density : 698 inhabitants / km²
Districts : 4th

Purnia is a division in the Indian state of Bihar . Its administrative headquarters are in Purnia .

history

The Katihar District was formed on October 2, 1972 from the Purnia District.

Districts

The Purnia division consists of four districts :

District Capital Area in km² Population (as of 2001) Population density in E / km²
Araria Araria 2,830 2,158,608 763
Katihar Katihar 3,056 2,389,533 782
Kishanganj Kishanganj 1.939 1,294,063 667
Purnia Purnia 3,229 1,878,885 582

Individual evidence

  1. a b Official website of the Kishanganj district ( memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 8, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kishanganj.bih.nic.in