Sitamarhi district

Sitamarhi district
Sitamarhi district
District of Bihar
	Sitamarhi district
	Janaki Kund, Sitamarhi
	Location of Sitamarhi district in Bihar
Country	India
State	Bihar
Region	Mithila
Division	Tirhut
Headquarters	Dumra
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Sitamarhi
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Riga, Bathnaha, Parihar, Sursand, Bajpatti, Sitamarhi, Runnisaidpur, Belsand
Area
• Total	2,185 km2 (844 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	3,423,574
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
• Urban	5.71 per cent
Demographics
• Literacy	53.53 per cent
• Sex ratio	899 females \ 1000 males
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH 104
HDI (2016)	0.132 (low)
Website	sitamarhi.nic.in

Sitamarhi is one of the districts in the Mithila region of the Indian state of Bihar, India. Dumra is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district is a part of the Tirhut Division and is located along the border of Nepal.

^ "Development of Human Development Index at District Level for EAG States". March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[1] "Development of Human Development Index at District Level for EAG States". March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

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