# Gopalganj district, India

Gopalganj is one of the administrative districts in the Indian state of Bihar. The district headquarters is the town of Gopalganj, and the district is part of Saran Division. Major languages spoken are Hindi and Bhojpuri.

## Geography

Gopalganj district, India occupies an area of 2,033 square kilometres (785 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Spain's Tenerife Island.

## Demographics

Religions in Gopalganj district (2011) :
| Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
| Hinduism | Hinduism | 82.72% | 82.72% |
| Islam | Islam | 17.02% | 17.02% |
| Other or not stated | Other or not stated | 0.26% | 0.26% |
According to the 2011 census Gopalganj district, India had a population of 2,562,012, roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait or the US state of Nevada. of which 1,267,666 are males while 1,294,346 are females. This gives it a ranking of 163rd in India (out of a total of 640). Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 449,530 which is 17.54% of total population of Gopalganj district. The district had a population density of 1,260 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,300/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.02%. Gopalganj had a literacy rate of 65.47% and sex ratio of 1021 females for every 1000 males, Gopalganj ranks first in terms of sex-ratio (1,021) against the state's 918. 6.35% of the population lives in urban areas. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 320,064 (12.49%) and 60,807 (2.37%) respectively. Gopalganj district had 411,930 households in 2011.
* Bhojpuri (96.09%)
* Hindi (1.85%)
* Urdu (1.76%)
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 96.09% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 1.85% Hindi and 1.76% Urdu as their first language.
Based on the 2011 census:
* Population: 2,562,012 (2.62% of the state)
* Density of population: 1260
* Men: 1,267,666 (49.48%)
* Women: 1,294,346 (50.52%)
* Urban population: 162,805 (6.35%)
* Rural population: 2,399,207 (93.65%)
* % of Scheduled castes: 12.49%
* % of Scheduled tribes: 2.37%

## Politics

| District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance | Remarks |
| Gopalganj | 99 | Baikunthpur | Prem Shankar Yadav | RJD | MGB | |
| Gopalganj | 100 | Barauli | Rampravesh Rai | BJP | NDA | |
| Gopalganj | 101 | Gopalganj | Subhash Singh | BJP | NDA | Death of Subhash Singh |
| Gopalganj | 101 | Gopalganj | Kusum Devi | BJP | NDA | Won in 2022 bypoll |
| Gopalganj | 102 | Kuchaikote | Amrendra Kumar Pandey | JD(U) | NDA | |
| Gopalganj | 103 | Bhore | Sunil Kumar | JD(U) | NDA | |
| Gopalganj | 104 | Hathua | Rajesh Kumar Singh | RJD | MGB | |

## Administrative Division

Gopalganj is divided into 2 sub-divisions, 14 Blocks, 4 municipalities and 234 Gram Panchayats (village councils).
| Subdivision | CD Block | Hindi name | Area (KM$^2$) | Population (2011) |
| 2 | 14 | १४ | 2,033 | 2,562,012 |
| Gopalganj | Baikunthpur | बैकुंठपुर | 204.11 | 217,165 |
| Gopalganj | Barauli | बरौली | 184.38 | 263,876 |
| Gopalganj | Gopalganj | गोपालगंज | 195.47 | 219,527 |
| Gopalganj | Kuchaikote | कुचायकोट | 251.43 | 332,041 |
| Gopalganj | Manjha | मांझा | 141.47 | 199,452 |
| Gopalganj | Thawe | थावे | 69.99 | 116,106 |
| Gopalganj | Sidhwaliya | सिधवलिया | 120.13 | 141,563 |
| Hathua | Bhorey | भोरे | 147.73 | 178,199 |
| Hathua | Hathua | हथुआ | 146.65 | 221,804 |
| Hathua | Kateya | कटेया | 126.17 | 130,830 |
| Hathua | Panchdewari | पंचदेवरी | 92.82 | 99,933 |
| Hathua | Phulwariya | फुलवरिया | 95.56 | 130,801 |
| Hathua | Uchkagaon | ऊँचकागांव | 113.29 | 177,677 |
| Hathua | Vijayipur | विजयीपुर | 130.40 | 133,038 |

### Urban councils

There are 4 urban areas in Gopalganj district. 3 Nagar Panchayat and 1 Nagar Parishad. Although Hathua is also an urban area categorized as Census town but not counted as municipality.
| Urban council | Council's type | Hindi name | part of (Block) | Area (KM²) | Population (2011) |
| Gopalganj | Nagar Parishad | गोपालगंज | Gopalganj | 11.11 | 67,339 |
| Kataiya | Nagar Panchayat | कटैया | Kataiya | 12.06 | 20,193 |
| Mirganj | Nagar Panchayat | मीरगंज | Unchkagaon | 5.48 | 26,240 |
| Barauli | Nagar Panchayat | बरौली | Barauli | 22.21 | 41877 |

### Village councils

There are 234 Gram Panchayats in Gopalganj district grouped into 14 blocks. There are a total of 1566 villages in Gopalganj District. There are 169 uninhabited villages (out of 1,566 total villages) in the district of Gopalganj.

## Constituencies
### Vidhan Sabha Constituencies

* Baikunthpur
* Barauli
* Gopalganj
* Kuchaikote
* Bhore
* Hathua

### Lok Sabha constituencies

* Gopalganj

## Education

Initially, Gopalganj had little to offer in terms of good quality education to its residents. Presently Schools and colleges in the city are either run by the government or by private trusts and individuals. The schools are each affiliated with either the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE), or the Bihar School Examination Board. English is the medium of instruction in most private schools; though government run schools offer both English and Hindi. The Sainik School prepares boys for entry into the National Defence Academy. After completing their secondary education, which involves ten years of schooling, students typically enroll at Higher Secondary School in one of the three streams—Arts, Commerce or Science.Imperial Public School (located in Hathwa) and DAV Thawe are the two best CBSE affiliated Schools along with Sainik School , providing quality education upto higher secondary level. One Government Engineering college And two Government polytechnic colleges started recently. Government teacher training college, para medical college and Govt ITI colleges setup recently. The Bihar Government announce that the new medical college and hospital will be located in Gopalganj.

## Economy

Gopalganj district is famous for sugar industries. Now three Sugar factories are in running position situated in Sasamusa, Gopalganj City and Sidhwaliya. Two grain and sugar cane based ethanol plants recently started their production. Many rice mills, milk packaging plants, mustard oil plants, flour mills, cattle seeds plants, ply factory, egg layer firms, cement bricks plants and many more small scale industries are operational in district. Maximum people depends on agriculture mainly paddy, wheat, sugarcane and vegetables. Government has allotted industrial area in Gopalganj districts in which many factories are coming in next coming years. Gopalganj is at the top in Bihar and ranked among the ten highest districts in India among foreign exchanged currency because many people go to the Gulf countries through the district such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait and Yemen. Gopalganj is among top ten in per capita income in 38 Districts of Bihar, ranked 7 last year ranked by Niti Ayog.

## Transport

NH 28 passes through Gopalganj one can find the multiple buses for commuting in state and other state.
Siwan Junction railway station is the main railway station for Gopalganj. Thawe station also serves local passenger other small station: Hathua Road, Sasamusa, Sipaya-(Serves Kuchaikote, Khutwania, Dubey Khariya, Vinod Khariya and nearby Villages), Tamkuhi Road and Gopalganj railway station. Now Thawe to Lucknow,thawe to taranagar and thawe to patna,thawe to gorakhapur train started.
Sabeya Airport, Jay Prakash Narayan Airport Patna and Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport, Gorakhpur are the nearest commercial airports. Sabeya Airport is now including in government UDAN scheme. Some preliminary paperwork and mapping of the airport area has started, and boundary identification will start.

## Notable people

* Ram Dulari Sinha of Indian National Congress, freedom fighter, former Union-Minister and Former Governor of Kerala, and freedom fighter, first Women to attain master's degree from Bihar and the first woman from Bihar to become Governor
* Kamla Rai was Freedom Fighter and two times MLA of Gopalganj in 1952 and 1957 .He was the first Chairman of Saran District Board in 1947 .He was the Founder of Kamla Rai College,Gopalganj
* Gorakh Rai was Freedom Fighter and renowned Politician.He was MLA from Barauni constituency in 1962
* Mukesh Kumar (cricketer)
* Abdul Ghafoor, former Chief Minister of Bihar, 1973 to 1975
* Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar and former Rail Minister of India
* U. K. Sinha, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India
* Anurag Kumar, Director, IISc.
* Pankaj Tripathi, actor
* Alok Kumar Suman, MP
* Subhash Singh (politician), Politician.
* Janak Ram, Politician.
* Amrendra Kumar Pandey, Politician.
* Shambhu Sharan Shrivastava, Politician
* Nagina Rai Member of parliament from Gopalganj Lok Sabha.
* Avinash Tiwary Actor
* Balraj Arpit, Former International Youth Representative of India at United Nations | Computer Scientist | Entrepreneur