Siwan, Bihar
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This article is about the city in Bihar, India. For disambiguation, see Siwan (disambiguation).
Siwan is a city and nagar parishad in the Indian state of Bihar.[6] It is the administrative headquarters of Siwan district and one of the urban settlements out of three in the district. It is located close to Uttar Pradesh.[7]
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Siwan | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 26.22°N 84.36°E / 26.22; 84.36 | |
Country | India |
State | Bihar |
District | Siwan |
Subdivision | Siwan Subdivision |
Block | Siwan Block |
Established | 1924[1] |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager |
• Body | Siwan Municipal Council |
• Chairperson | Sindhu Singh[2] (BJP) |
• Deputy chairman | Bablu Shah |
Area | |
• Total | 69.4 km2 (26.8 sq mi) |
• Rank | 53rd |
Elevation | 72 m (236 ft) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 135,066 |
• Rank | 18th |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
Language | |
• Official | Hindi[4] |
• Additional official | Urdu[4] |
• Regional | Bhojpuri[5] |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Pin Code | 841226-841227 |
ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
Vehicle registration | BR-29 |
Climate | Cwa |
Lok Sabha constituency | Siwan |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Siwan |
Website | siwan |
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