| name = East Champaran district

| settlement_type = [[DistrictsList 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 IndiaBihar|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 =

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

East Champaran District is functioning from 2 November 1972. The headquarter of the district is at Motihari. It is situated at 26o26° 16'16′ to 27o27° 1'1′ North latitude and 84o84° 30'30′ to 85o85° 16'16′ East longitudes. [[Nepal]] makes its northern boundary, Sitamadhi[[Sitamarhi district|Sitamarhi]] and [[Sheohar district|Sheohar]] eastern while [[Mehsi]], Muzaffarpur South and with part of [[Gopalganj bounds it in western side. The name Champaran owes its origin to Champa-aranya or Champkatanys. Champa or Champaka means Magnolia and aranya means forest. Hencedistrict, Champaranya means Forest of Magnolia (CHAMPA) trees. The District comprises an area of 3968.0&nbsp;km² with 1344 villages having population of 50,82,868 as per 2011 census. The Administrative set up of the District is decentralized into 6 sub-division, 27 blocks, 27 Circles, 3 Nagar Parishads (Motihari, RaxaulIndia|Gopalganj]] and Dhaka),[[West 6Champaran]] Nagarbounds Panchayatsit andin 405western Panchayats. The Buddhist Stupta, Kesaria, Ashokan Pillar, Lauriya, Areraj, Gandhi Memorial, Someshwar Shiv Mandir, Areraj, Orwell's birthplace, Raxaul-Gate way to Nepalside.

The district occupies an area of 3969&nbsp; km² and has a population of 35,933099,636371 ({{As of|20012011|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|accessdateaccess-date=11 April 2018}}</ref> ([[Tirhut]]). It iswas currently aearlier part of the [[Red Corridor]].

As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Bihar (out of [[Districts of Bihar|3938]]), after [[Patna district|Patna]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{citeCite web |date=2011 url |title=District httpCensus Handbook: East Champaran |url=https://wwwcensusindia.census2011.cogov.in/districtnada/index.php/catalog/300/download/850/DH_2011_1002_PART_A_DCHB_PURBA_CHAMPARAN.pdf | title website= District [[Census 2011of | accessdate = 30 September 2011India]] | year publisher=[[Registrar 2011General |and publisherCensus =Commissioner Census2011.co.inof India]]}}</ref>

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}}<!--| accessdateaccess-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 | accessdateaccess-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>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=10,27,835|13=1911|14=10,95,530|15=1921|16=11,14,162|17=1931|18=12,31,756|19=1941|20=13,76,352|21=1951|22=14,43,961|23=1961|24=16,81,089|25=1971|26=19,56,084|27=1981|28=24,25,501|29=1991|30=30,43,061|31=2001|32=39,39,773|33=2011|34=50,99,371|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http{{cite web |title=Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011censusnada/PCAindex.php/catalog/43343/download/47022/A2_Data_Table10%20A-2%20Bihar.htmlpdf Decadal|website=census.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar VariationGeneral Inand PopulationCensus SinceCommissioner 1901of India]]}}</ref>|align=rightcenter}}{{bar box

{{bar percent|[[HindusHinduism]]|orangedarkorange|80.14}}

{{bar percent|[[Bihari Muslims|Islam]]|green|19.42}}

{{bar percent|NotOther Statedor not stated|black|0.3144}}

|accessdateaccess-date=30 September 2011

|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php

|archivedatearchive-date=19 October 2013

}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 21st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 1281 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 29.01%.<ref name=districtcensus/> PurbiEast Champaran has a [[sex ratio]] of 901 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 55.79%. 7.87% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 12.74% and 0.24% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

|label3label2 = [[Urdu language|Urdu]] |value3value2 = 7.33 |color3color2 =Green green

==Sub-Administrative divisions==

*# [[Areraj]]

* [[Chakia, Bihar|ChakiaMehsi]]

* [[Dhaka, BangladeshEast Champaran]]

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