Saharsa district

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Saharsa district is an administrative region in the Indian state of Bihar, known for its Maithili-speaking population and location in the fertile Kosi river basin.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Saharsa district canonical 13
Saharsa 4
Saharsa division 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
administrativeDivisionOf Bihar
administrativeHeadquarters Saharsa district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Saharsa
borderedBy Darbhanga district
Khagaria district
Madhepura district
Purnia district
Supaul district
climate humid subtropical climate
country India
floodedBy Kosi
surface form: Kosi River
governingBody Saharsa district self-linksurface differs
surface form: District administration of Saharsa
hasCity Saharsa district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Saharsa
hasCulturalRegion Mithila region
surface form: Maithili cultural region
hasLokSabhaConstituency Mithila region
surface form: Khagaria (partly)

Madhepura (historically, partly)
hasMajorReligion Hinduism
hasMinorityReligion Islam
hasRailwayLine East Central Railway zone
hasTown Saharsa district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Saharsa
hasTransport Saharsa Junction railway station
headquarters Saharsa district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Saharsa
isFloodProne true
knownFor fertile alluvial plains
flood-prone areas
languageGroup Maithili-speaking population
locatedIn Bihar
Kosi division
Kosi division
surface form: Kosi river belt

eastern India
locatedInRiverBasin Kosi
surface form: Kosi River basin
mainCrops maize
paddy
pulses
wheat
majorLanguage Maithili
officialLanguage Hindi
partOf Kosi division
surface form: Kosi region
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
region Mithila region
surface form: Mithila
regionalLanguage Maithili
riverBasin Kosi
surface form: Kosi River
state Bihar
subdivisionType district of Bihar
timezone Indian Standard Time
utcOffset +05:30
vehicleRegistrationCode BR-19

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maithili spokenIn Saharsa district
Madhubani district hasBorderWith Saharsa district
Darbhanga district borderedByDistrict Saharsa district
Mithila region hasPart Saharsa district
Saharsa district headquarters Saharsa district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Saharsa
Saharsa district administrativeHeadquarters Saharsa district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Saharsa
Saharsa district governingBody Saharsa district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: District administration of Saharsa
Saharsa district hasCity Saharsa district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Saharsa
Saharsa district hasTown Saharsa district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Saharsa
Samastipur district borderedBy Saharsa district
Kosi division hasDistrict Saharsa district
Saharsa Junction railway station district Saharsa district
Madhepura district borderedByDistrict Saharsa district
Madhepura (historically, partly) region Saharsa district
this entity surface form: Saharsa division
Khagaria district borderedByDistrict Saharsa district
Saharsa locatedIn Saharsa district
Saharsa administrativeDivisionOf Saharsa district
Saharsa partOf Saharsa district
this entity surface form: Saharsa division