Khagaria district is one of the districts of Bihar, and Khagaria town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Khagaria district is a part of Munger Division. The district occupies an area of 1486 kmē and has a population of 1,276,677 (2001 census). Khagaria is small town with a major railway junction on the Barauni Guwahati section of the Indian Railways. National Highway no 31 which connects rest of India to North Eastern region passes through this town. It is also connected to other regions of north Bihar by another rail line to Saharsa and Samastipur.
HISTORY
Also known as Farakiya in local region. There is an interesting story behind it. Four centuries ago Akbar, then king of Mugal empire directed his revenue minister Todarmal to map his entire empire. But he could not map this region now known as Khagaria due to difficult terrain, rivers and dense forests. So he named it Farakiya (Farak in Hindi means separate).
