Bhojpur district, India

Bhojpur District
District of Bihar
Arrah–Chhapra Bridge
Location of Bhojpur district in Bihar
Coordinates (Arrah): 25°46′N 84°52′E / 25.767°N 84.867°E / 25.767; 84.867
Country	India
State	Bihar
Division	Patna
Established	1972
Headquarters	Arrah
Tehsils	Agiaon Arrah Barhara Behea Charpokhari Garhani Jagdishpur Koilwar Piro Sahar Sandesh Shahpur Tarari Udwant Nagar
Government
• District collector	Raj Kumar (IAS)
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Arrah R. K. Singh, MP
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Sandesh Barhara Arrah Agiaon (SC) Tarari Jagdishpur Shahpur
Area
• Total	2,395 km2 (925 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,728,407
• Density	1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Literacy	72.79%
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN	802301 (Bhojpur)[1]
Vehicle registration	BR-03
Major highways	NH-922
Website	Bhojpur District

Bhojpur district is one of the 38 districts of the Indian state of Bihar. Arrah city (also known as Ara) is the administrative headquarters of this district. Bhojpur district came into existence in 1972. Earlier it was the part of Shahabad district. This district is named "Bhojpur" after great Parmara King Bhoja as most early settlers were Rajput rulers of Parmara dynasty then called as Ujjainiya.^[2][3]

In the year 1972, Shahabad district was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur and Rohtas. Buxar was a subdivision of old Bhojpur district then. In 1992, Buxar became a separate district and presently the rest of Bhojpur district has now three sub-divisions – Ara Sadar, Jagdishpur and Piro. It shares its border with Uttar Pradesh in the north west.