Khagaria district

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Khagaria district
District of Bihar
Location of Khagaria district in Bihar
Country	India
State	Bihar
Division	Munger
Region	Mithila
Headquarters	Khagaria
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Khagaria
Area
• Total	1,485 km2 (573 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,666,886
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Demographics
• Literacy	72.87 per cent
• Sex ratio	886
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN Code	8512XX
Major highways	NH 31, NH 107
Average annual precipitation	1182 mm
Website	khagaria.nic.in

Khagaria district is an administrative district in Mithila region in the state of Bihar in India. The district headquarters are located at Khagaria. Earlier it was a part of Munger District as a sub-division that was created in 1943–44. It was upgraded to the status of a district on 10 May 1981. Khagaria district is a part of Munger Division.^[1]

The present collector and District Magistrate of Khagaria is Amit Kumar Pandey, IAS and the current S.P. of Khagaria is Chandan Kumar Kushwaha, IPS.^[2]