| Madhubani district मधुबनी जिला |
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Location of Madhubani district in Bihar |
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| State | Bihar, India |
| Administrative division | Darbhanga |
| Headquarters | Madhubani, India |
| Area | 3,501 km2 (1,352 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,575,281 (2001) |
| Urban population | 124,545 |
| Literacy | 42.35 per cent[1] |
| Sex ratio | 942 |
| Lok Sabha Constituencies | Madhubani, Jhanjharpur |
| Assembly Seats | Harlakhi, Benipatti, Khajauli, Babubarhi, Bisfi, Madhubani, Rajnagar, Jhanjharpur, Phulparas, Laukaha |
| Major highways | NH 104, NH 105 |
| Average annual precipitation | 1273 mm |
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Madhubani District is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Madhubani town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Madhubani district is a part of Darbhanga Division. The district occupies an area of 3501 km² and has a population of 3,570,651 (as of 2001[update]). This is the centre of Mithila, a region where the main language is Maithili.
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Madhubani became a district in 1976 when it was split from Darbhanga district.[2]
Madhubani district occupies an area of 3,501 square kilometres (1,352 sq mi),[3] comparatively equivalent to the Bahamas' North Andros Island.[4]
Rivers: Kamala, Bhutahi Balaan, Bachharaja, Balaan, Tirsulla, Jeevachh.Kosi,Dhous, Ghaghra
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Madhubani one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[5] It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[5]
According to the 2011 census Madhubani district has a population of 4,476,044,[6] roughly equal to the nation of Croatia[7] or the US state of Louisiana.[8] This gives it a ranking of 37th in India (out of a total of 640).[6] The district has a population density of 1,279 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,310 /sq mi) .[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.19 %.[6] Madhubani has a sex ratio of 925 females for every 1000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 60.9 %.[6]
Sub Divisions: Madhubani, Jaynagar, Benipatti, Jhanjharpur, Phulparas.
Blocks include Jainagar, Khajauli, Pandaul, Rahika, Bisfi, Benipatti, Basopatti, Babubarhi, Rajnagar, Madhepur, Khutauna,, Jhanjharpur, Ghoghardiha, Ladania, Madhwapur, Harlakhi, Laukahi, Andharatharhi, Lakhnaur, Phulparas, Kaluahi
The "Madhubani" style of paintings derives its name from this region as the style originated here, in the early 17th century. These paintings are made using vegetable dyes, lamp black, and the canvas is usually cloth or paper. These days, several of the well-known "Madhubani" paintings are used as motifs on bags, kurtas (an Indian garment for covering the upper-half of the body), and other materials produced using the hand-block painting technique. With ethnic-chic being in vogue, such products are all the rage, these days, not just with the Indians, but also in the export market.
The people of this district is very religious and follow all religious rituals with pomp and show. The people of all religions and sects practice their rituals in great harmony. The people of this district are love and peace loving. Durgapuja, Mahashivratri, Holi, Ramnavami, Krishnashtmi and Dipawali are a few famous festivals.
In a few village like Sonamati of Babubarhi block, idols of Lord Krishna, Nand baba and other God & Goddess are made with soil & bamboo stick and a fair is organized on the eve of Krishnashtmi. Almost all Hindu villages of this district have a Shivalaya where people go for Jalbhishek every morning.
Muslim of this district also practice their festivals of Id & Muharram with great pomp & show. Hindu of their village and surrounding also share their festivals with joy. In Madhubani Maithils celebrate Chhath Puja which occurs just six days after Diwali with a great enthusiasm.
one more important thing is Saurath Sabha in which Almost every year, during suddha or auspicious days for the settling of marriages, thousands of Maithil Brahmans gather at Sabha Gaachchi in Saurath. The Panjikaras (the person maintaining "Panji" or genealogical record) plays a very important role in fixing of marriage since it is obligatory for every person desirous of marriage to get a certificate called asvajajanapatra (non-relationship) from a panjikara, stating that there is no “blood relationship”, as per the prescribed rules of prohibited degrees of relationship, between the bride and groom. There is a fixed sitting place – dera – for every village in the sabha. The timing and number of days etc. are decided in a general meeting of the scholars and pandits of Mithila in accordance with the traditional astrological almanac– Pachanga.
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