| name = East Champaran district

| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Bihar|District of Bihar]]

| total_type = Total

| native_name = <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. -->

| image_map = Bihar district location map East Champaran.svg

| map_caption = Location of East Champaran district in Bihar

| coordinates =

| coor_pinpoint = Motihari

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]

| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]

| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of Bihar|Division]]

| subdivision_name2 = [[Tirhut division|Tirhut]]

| established_title = Established

| established_date =

| seat_type = Headquarters

| seat = [[Motihari]]

| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]

| parts_style = para

| p1 =

| area_total_km2 = 3968

| area_footnotes =

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_total = 5,099,371

| population_footnotes =

| population_urban =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Demographics

| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]

| demographics1_info1 = 55.79 per cent

| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio

| demographics1_info2 = 901

| leader_title =

| leader_name =

| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]

| leader_name1 = [[Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency|Purvi Champaran]], [[Paschim Champaran Lok Sabha constituency|Paschim Champaran]], [[Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency|Sheohar]]

| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]

| leader_name2 = [[Raxaul Assembly constituency|Raxaul]], [[Sugauli Assembly constituency|Sugauli]], [[Narkatiya Assembly constituency|Narkatiya]], [[Harsidhi Assembly constituency|Harsidhi]], [[Govindganj Assembly constituency|Govindganj]], [[Kesaria Assembly constituency|Kesaria]], [[Kalyanpur, Purvi Champaran Assembly constituency|Kalyanpur]], [[Pipra, Purvi Champaran Assembly constituency|Pipra]], [[Madhuban, Bihar Assembly constituency|Madhuban]], [[Motihari Assembly constituency|Motihari]], [[Chiraia Assembly constituency|Chiraia]], [[Dhaka Assembly constituency|Dhaka]]

| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]

| utc_offset1 = +05:30

| registration_plate = BR-05

| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]

| blank_info_sec1 = NH 28A, [[National Highway 104 (India)|NH 104]]

| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation

| blank_info_sec2 = 1241 mm

| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]

| postal_code = 845401 (East Champaran)<ref>[https://indiapincodes.net/Bihar/Purbi-champaran/ East Champaran]</ref>

| website = http://eastchamparan.bih.nic.in/

| official_name =

| image_skyline = {{Photomontage

| image_caption = [[Kesaria stupa|Kesariya Stupa]]

| image_shield = Bihar Government Banner.png

| motto =

| image_seal =

'''East Champaran''' or '''Purvi Champaran''' is an administrative district in the state of [[Bihar]] in India.The district headquartersheadquarter areis located at [[Motihari]]. Prior to 1971, there was a single district called "[[Champaran" District]]. On 1 December 1971, the districtit was divided into 2East partsand (Purvi[[West Champaran)]] East Champaran(Purvi and (Paschimi Champaran) West Champaran. In early days the land of East Chamapran was ruled by different kingdoms as Videha, Sunga, Kanvas. It is also believed that Champaran used to be a major part of King Janak's empire. Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Satyagraha movement from here.

The district occupies an area of 3969&nbsp; km² and has a population of 5,099,371 ({{As of|2011|lc=on}}). East Champaran is a part of [[Tirhut Division]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tirhut-muzaffarpur.bih.nic.in|title=Tirhut Division|website=tirhut-muzaffarpur.bih.nic.in|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref> ([[Tirhut]]). It iswas currently aearlier part of the [[Red Corridor]].

Kesariya is arranged on the eastern banks of the river[[River Gandak]] and views the enormous 104-feet-tall stupa, which is viewed as the tallest Buddhist stupa. In like manner, Kesariya orders conspicuous situations in East Champaran the travel industry just as history of Buddhism. The stupa was found in the year 1998.

The East Champaran district occupies an area of {{convert|3968|km2|sqmi}},<ref name="Reference Annual">{{cite book|title=India 2010: A Reference Annual|last1=Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.)|publisher=Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]]|year=2010|isbn=978-81-230-1617-7|edition=54th|location=New Delhi, India|pages=1118–1119|chapter=States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government}}<!--| access-date = 11 October 2011 --></ref> comparatively equivalent to [[Vanuatu]]'s [[Espiritu Santo]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 11 October 2011 | date = 18 February 1998 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Espiritu Santo 3,956km2 | archive-date = 3 January 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210103205322/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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