District Profile

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History

Arwal district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Arwal town is the administrative headquarters of this district.It came into existence in August 2001 and was earlier part of Jehanabad district. Arwal has a population of 699563. The five block divisions are Arwal, Kaler, Karpi, Kurtha and Suryapur Vanshi. Paddy, wheat and maize are the main crops.Nearest airport is at Patna and railway station is at Jehanabad. By road, Arwal is linked with Jehanabad, Patna,Aurangabad and Bhojpur .It’s headquarter is situated at Arwal which is approximately 65 KMs south from the state capital Patna. Arwal town is situated on the right side bank of the river Son, which is a tributary to the river Ganges.

District at a Glance

Agro Climatic Zone	III-B Bihar
Longitude	84.6688° East
Latitude	25.164° North
Temperature Maximum	49.1 °C
Temperature Minimum	5.8 °C
Geographical (ha)	62631
Total cultivable area (ha)	49520
Total Net sown area (ha)	28500
Area sown more than once (ha)	5737
Kharif sown area (ha)	17188
Rabi sown area (ha)	13727
Summer sown area (ha)	676
Gross cropped area (ha)	31591
Cropping intensity (%)	150%
Annual Rainfall (mm)	1027
Rainy days	80
Total irrigated area (ha)	26585
Total rainfed area (ha)	17100
Irrigation percent	60.85%
Soil type	Clay, Coarse sand
Upland (ha) & % of total cultivable area	2228.40 ha (4.5%)
Midland (ha) & % of total cultivable area	42240.56 ha (85.3%)
Lowland (ha) & % of total cultivable area	5051.04 ha (10.2%)
Soil organic carbon status of the district	(Low/Medium/High) Medium to Low
Nutrient status of soil of the district	N (Low/Medium/High) - Low
	P (Low/Medium/High) – Medium to low
	K (Low/Medium/High) – Medium to high
Micronutrient status of soil of the district	Deficiencies in zinc and iron are common, often due to high calcium content in the soil, which can induce micronutrient imbalance.
Fertilizer consumption (Kg/ha)	202.83 Kg/ha for NPK fertilizers
Total Population	700843
Total SC population & (%) of total population	141314 & 20.16%
Total ST population & (%) of total population	590 & 0.08%
Male	363497
Female	337346
Literacy (%)	57.13%
No of blocks	05
No of Panchayat	65
No of villages	511 (Revenue Villages - 325)
Livestock status of the district (based on Livestock Census 2019)
Total no. of Indigenous cattle	50321
Total no. of cross breed	20065
Total no. of Buffalo	88085
Total no. of Goat	37496
Total no. of Sheep	1995
Total no. of poultry	93044
Total no. of commercial dairy unit	10
Total no. of commercial goatry unit	5
Total no. of commercial poultry unit	500

Administration

Arwal district is a part of Magadh division. It came into existence in August 2001 and was earlier part of Jehanabad district.

This District has one subdivision and five blocks ie. Arwal, Kaler, Karpi, Kurtha and Suryapur Vanshi.

This District has two assembly constituency. 214-Arwal,215-Kurtha.It comes under Jehanabad Parlimentry Constituency.

Transport

Nearest airport is at Patna and railway station is at Patna. By road, Arwal is linked with Jehanabad, Patna and Aurangabad and Bhojpur(Through Arwal Sahar Bridge).

Economy

Economy of the district is totally agriculture Based and this area does not have any presence of any Industry. Paddy, wheat and maize are the main crops. Though most of the area of the district is well irrigated but due to lack of infrastructure and power- farmers are not benefitted.