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==About district==
East Champaran District is functioning from 2 November 1972. The headquarter of district is at Motihari. It is situated at 26° 16′ to 27° 1′ North latitude and 84° 30′ to 85° 16′ East longitudes. [[Nepal]] makes its northern boundary, [[Sitamarhi district|Sitamadhi]] and [[Sheohar district|Sheohar]] eastern while Muzaffarpur South and with part of [[Gopalganj district, India|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. Hence, Champaranya means Forest of Magnolia (
The district occupies an area of 3969 km<sup>2</sup> and has a population of 3,933,636 ({{As of|2001|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 is currently a part of the [[Red Corridor]].
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==Demographics==
{{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://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=right}}{{bar box
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According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] East Champaran district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 5,099,371,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the [[United Arab Emirates]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = United Arab Emirates 5,148,664
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According to the 2011 census, 82.67% of the population spoke [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], 7.33% [[Urdu]] and 7.06% [[Hindi]] as their first language. 2.58% of the population speaks 'Others' under Hindi, most likely Bajjika.<ref name="Language"/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Bhojpuri: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bho | access-date = 30 September 2011 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>
==Non governmental organization==
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