Muzaffarpur District is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. Muzaffarpur district is part of and also the headquarters of Tirhut Division Tirhut is the ancient name of all of northern Bihar.

History

Muzaffarpur was a part of the ancient Vajjika League, one of the principal mahājanapadas of Ancient India. Muzaffarpur fostered political leaders and statesmen alike among whom were Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi, George Fernandes, Janki Ballabh Shastri, a great Hindi writer, Parmanandan Shashtri and Devesh Chandra Thakur. In 1972 both Sitamarhi and Vaishali districts were split from Muzaffarpur.

Geography

Muzaffarpur district is served by rivers Gandak, Budhi Gandak, Bagmati and Lakhandei. Many streams pass through the district. The area has been prone to floods. The district lies in the fertile region of Gangetic plain. Muzaffarpur district occupies an area of 3175.9 km2, comparatively equivalent to Canada's Mansel Island.

Politics

Administrative divisions

There are 16 blocks under Muzaffarpur District:

Economy

GDP Per capita Income of Muzaffarpur is $2,507 and total GDP of District is $5 Billion as by 2021 Reports which is 4.7% of Bihar's GDP.

Lychee

The litchi crop, which is available from May to June, is mainly cultivated in the districts of Muzaffarpur and surrounding districts, in an area of about 25,800 hectares producing about 300,000 tonnes every year. Litchi is exported to big cities like Bombay, Kolkata and to other countries. India's share in the world litchi market amounts to less than 1%. The name of the litchi produced in quality.

Industry

It has many industries ranging from small to big. Prabhat Zarda Factory, Ganesh Foundries Limited, Bharat Wagon and Engineering (Close Down in 2017), N.T.P.C. Kanti Thermal Power Station, Bihar Drugs & Organic Chemicals Ltd.; Muzaffarpur – a Unit of IDPL, Lizzat Papad Udyog Unit Factory, Units of Leather Development Corporation, Muzaffarpur Dairy ; a Unit of the Bihar State Milk Co-operative Federation Ltd. are the major industries located in Muzaffarpur city and its periphery. The above industries have generated considerable employment and have also been helpful in establishing a number of small industries including a few cottage industries. Muzaffarpur city is an important centre for the wholesale cloth trade. Agriculture-based industries such as sugar mills and Britannia Biscuits have newly been established in city. New IT services such as Super Seva and Suresh Chips have opened their offices in Muzaffarpur.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Muzaffarpur district has a population of 4,801,062, roughly equal to the nation of Singapore or the US state of Alabama. This gives it a ranking of 24th th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 1514 PD/sqkm. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 28.14%. Muzaffarpur has a sex ratio of 900 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 63.4%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.66% and 0.12% of the population respectively.

Languages

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 48.33% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 7.65% Urdu, 3.54% Bhojpuri and 1.33% Maithili as their first language. 39.01% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Hindi, mainly Bajjika. Bajjika, Bhojpuri and Maithili are the local languages of Muzaffarpur district.