वेलकॉम टू सुरेश मिश्रा वेबसाइट ऑफ़ मधुबनी

The district of Madhubani was carved out of the old Darbhanga district in the year 1972 as a result of reorganisation of the districts in the State. This was formerly the northern subdivision of Darbhanga district. It consists of 21 Development Blocks. Bounded on the north by a hill region of Nepal and extending to the border of its parent district Darbhanga in the south, Sitamarhi in the west and Supaul in the east, Madhubani fairly represents the centre of the territory once known as Mithila and the district has maintained a distinct individuality of its own.

It is located at a Longitude of 25º-59' to 26º-39' East and the Latitude is 85º-43' to 86º-42' North.

Height from Sea

The Madhubani district is situated at height of 80 meters from Sea.

Boundary

North	South	East	West
Hill region of Nepal	Darbhanga District	Supaul District	Sitamarhi District

Area

• Madhubani occupies a total of 3501 sq. kms.

• Main Rivers are Kamla , Kareh, Balan, Bhutahi Balan, Gehuan, Supen, Trishula, Jeevachh, Koshi and Adhwara Group.

• High Flood Level is 54.017 m.

• Whole District is under Earthquake Zone 5.

• Total Cropped Area - 218381 Hect.

• Barren /Uncultivable Land - 1456.5 Hect

• Land under Non-agricultural use - 51273.24 Hect

• Cultivable Barren Land - 333.32 Hect

• Permanent Pasture - 1372.71 Hect

• Miscellaneous Trees - 8835.90 Hect

• Cultivable Land - 232724 Hect

• Cropping Intensity - 134.23 %

Rainfall

• Varies between 900mm and 1300 mm.

• Average Rainfall = 1273.2 mm.

Administrative Units
1.	No. of Sub-Divisions	5
2.	No. of Blocks	21
3.	No. of Circles	20
4.	No. of Panchayats	399
5.	No. of Villages	1111
6.	No. of Police Stations	18
7.	No. of Assisting Thana	13
8.	No. of Outposts	5
9.	No. of Town Outposts	4
10.	No. of Jail	2
11.	No. of MP Constituencies	2
12.	No. of MLA Constituencies	11
13.	No. of Zila Parishad Members	56
14.	No. of Panchayat Samiti Members	555
15.	No. of Gram Panchayat Members	5523