Page No :- 1 of 47 District Election Management Plan Lok Sabha Bye Election – 2018 9-Araria Himnshu Sharma, I.A.S District Election Officer -Cum- District Magistrate,Araria Page No :- 2 of 47 District Election Management Plan ARARIA DISTRICT District Profile Araria district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Araria town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Araria district is a part of Purnia division. The district occupies an area of 2830 km². It has a view of Mount Kangchenjunga (One of the great peaks of the Himalayan range). Origin of name : During the British period, the area where Mr. Forbes's bungalow was located was called "Residential Area", which people abbreviated to R. Area. Over time, R. Area acquired the pronunciation Arariya. Araria district comprises the following Sub-Divisions: Araria and Forbesganj Araria sub-division comprises 6 blocks: Araria, Kursakanta, Palasi, Sikti, Jokihat and Raniganj. Forbesganj sub-division comprises 3 blocks: Forbesganj, Bhargama and Narpatganj. There are six Assembly constituencies in this district: Narpatganj, Raniganj, Forbesganj, Araria, Jokihat and Sikti. All of these are part of Araria Parliamentary constituency. Page No :- 3 of 47 Geography State :- Bihar District :- Araria Area (in Square K.M :- 2830 Total Polling Stations :- 2143 Total Parliamentary Constituencies :- 1 Total Assembly Constituencies :- 6 Total Population (Census 2011) :- 3140931 Total SC Population (in %) :- 220148 Total ST Population (in %) :- 20819 Total Population Density (per Sq. KM) :- 992 Total Male Electors :- 919115 Total Female Electors :- 818286 Total Third Gender Electors :- 67 Total NRI Electors :- 0 Total Service Electors :- 599 Total Electors :- 1738067 Gender Ratio :- 886 Elector Percentage :- 54 No. of Sub-Divisions :- 2 No. of Blocks :- 9 No. of Gram Panchayats :- 218 No. of Census Village :- 751 No. of Municipal Corporation :- 0 No. of Municipalities :- 3 No. of Town/ Notified Area :- 3 No. of Post Offices :- 17 No. of Police Stations :- 24 No. of Bordering State/Countries :- Nepal Total Road Length(in KM) :- 510 National Highway Length(in KM) :- 65 State Highway Length(in KM) :- 115 District Road Length(in KM) :- 50 Page No :- 4 of 47 Administrative Units Sub division Block Araria Raniganj,Araria,Jokihat,Palasi,Kursakanta,Sikti Forbesganj Narpatganj,Forbesganj,Bhargama Page No :- 5 of 47 Asembly Segments 46-Narpatganj 47-Raniganj(SC) 48-Forbesganj 49-Araria 50-Jokihat 51-Sikti General Law and Order The District Araria is quiet peaceful with no records of any major break down of Law and Order. (a) Past electoral offences :- Parliament election in 2014 and Assembly election in 2015 were peaceful and no incidents of violence were recorded. (b) Naxal Activities Past Election:- 2014 – NIL 2015 – NIL Electors Details Population 3465634(Projected 2018) Voters 1738067 Male 919115 Female 818286 Other 67 Srivice Voters 599 EP Ratio 0.50 Epic Coverage 100% Page No :- 6 of 47 9-Araria Parliamentary Constituency comprises the following six Assembly Constituencies 1. 46-Narpatganj 2. 47-Raniganj(SC) 3. 48-Forbesganj 4. 49-Araria 5. 50-Jokihat 6. 51-Sikti Procurement of material, deployment of polling personnel, sealing of EVMs etc will be done by District Election Officer-Cum-RO, Araria for all the above Assembly segments. After having poll, polled and sealed EVMs of all Assembly Constituencies will be sent to the strong room at Krishi Utpadan Bazar Samiti, Araria under safe custody of Police Forces. Assembly Constituency Information Sl. AC no. and Sub Total no. of Polling Station Total no. of Block No name division Voters Main Aux Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Narpatganj 170 102 272 1 46-Narpatganj Forbesganj 298385 Bhargama 67 44 111 Bhargama 47 20 67 2 47-Raniganj(SC) Araria 299127 Raniganj 201 114 315 3 48-Forbesganj Forbesganj Forbesganj 279 97 376 310771 4 49-Araria Araria Araria 253 86 339 289843 Palasi 64 31 95 5 50-Jokihat Araria 270441 Jokihat 158 78 236 Kursakanta 85 28 113 6 51-Sikti Araria Sikti 81 45 126 269500 Palasi 65 28 93 Page No :- 7 of 47 RO/ARO Details Resi. Sl. ncy Name RO ARO Tel Mobile No No E-Mail ID Fax No and No No Parliamentary Office & Tel No Constitue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dr. Vidyanand Singh, 9431818439 1 ARO, 46 –Narpatganj –cum- -- -- [email protected] Director DRDA, Araria Shri Mithlesh Kumar, -- -- 8674817715 2 Araria ARO, 47 –Raniganj(SC) – [email protected] cum- DWO, Aararia , I.A.S., Collector, Collector, Shri Anil Kumar - 06455 06455 3 ARO, 48 –Forbesganj –cum 9473191368 222196 222596 [email protected] -SDO Forbesganj Cum - Araria - 9 Shri Sanjay Kumar, 06453 06453 9431814741 4 ARO, 49 –Araria –cum- 222070 222020 Himanshu Sharma Himanshu [email protected] SDO Araria ri om h S Shri Amod Kumar Sharan 06453 5 ARO, 50 –Jokihat –cum- -- 9473191366 222312 [email protected] District Election Office District Election ADM Araria om Miss Ranjita, IAS 06453 06453 9431818383 6 ARO, 51 –Sikti-Cum- 222001 222103 [email protected] DDC,Araria Page No :- 8 of 47 Important Officials and their Contact Number Sl. Name Designation Contact No. No 1 2 3 4 9431230001 Commissioner, Purnea Division, 06454-243199(O) 1 Miss T.N Bindeshwari, I.A.S. Purnea 06454-242246(R) 06454-241899(Fax) 9431822964 2 Shri Saurav Kumar, I.P.S. DIG, Purnea Division, Purnea 06454-243156(O) 06454-243126(R) 9431228200 District Election Officer – cum- 06453-222001(O) 3 Shri Himanshu Sharma, I.A.S District Magistrate, Araria 06453-222102(R) 06453-222124(Fax) 9431800002 06453-222050(O) 4 Miss Dhurat Sayali Sawalaram, S.P. Araria I.P.S. 06453-222075(R) 06453-222018(Fax) 9431818383 06453-222002(O) 5 Miss Ranjita, I.A.S DDC, Araria 06453-222103(R) 06453-222103(Fax) 6 Dr. Naval Kishor Ojha Civil Surgeon,Araria 9470003030 6 Shri Amod Kumar Sharan ADM, Araria 9473191366 7 Dr. Vidyanand Singh Director, DRDA 9431818439 Senior Deputy Collector-Cum- 7903623933 8 Shri Sanjay Kumar EDC, Araria 8544426102 Senior Deuputy Collector-Cum- 9 Shri Shambu Kumar 9430480533 DDMO,Araria 10 Shri Prabhat Kumar jha District Planning Officer, Araria 7070102234 Dist. Land Acquisition Officer, 11 Shri Niraj Narayan Pandey 9431357294 Araria 12 Shri Arun Kumar Singh District Transport Officer,Araria 9470484111 13 Shri Mithilesh Kumar District Welfare Officer,Araria 8674817715 Page No :- 9 of 47 Sl. Name Designation Contact No. No 1 2 3 4 14 Shri Anirudh Pd Yadav Dy Election Officer, Araria 8051563954 8544412208 15 Shri Ashok Kumar Mishra Dist Education Officer, Araria 7545945907 8544412209 16 Shri Janardan Prasad Bishwas Dist Program Officer, (Est) Purnea 9430875605 Ext. Engineer, 17 Md Navi Hasan 8544428598 PHED, Araria Ext. Engineer, 18 Shri Dhanshyam Mandal 9470001296 RWD, Araria Disctrict Co-Operative Officer, 19 Shri Kavindra Nath Thakur 9431265919 Araria 7739319797 20 Shri Vikash Kumar DIO, (NIC) Araria 7979889455 9386262063 21 Shri Krishnendu Karmkar IT,Manager, Araria 7004419167 9431814741 Sub Divisional Officer, 22 Shri Sanjay Kumar 06453-222070(O) Sadar Araria 06453-222020(R) 9473191368 Sub Divisional Officer, 23 Shri Anil Kumar 06455-222196(O) Sadar Forbesganj 06455-222596(R) 9431800045 24 Shri Kumar Devendra Singh S.D.P.O, Araria 9431047514 25 Shri Manoj Kumar S.D.P.O, Forbesganj 9431800044 Page No :- 10 of 47 Contact Number of BDO and CO Sl. Name Designation Contact No. No 1 2 3 4 1 Sri Ashutosh kumar B.D.O, Narpatganj 9431818316 2 Sri Raja Ram Pandit B.D.O, Raniganj 9431818626 9934421671 3 Smt. Rekha Kumari B.D.O, Bhargama 9431818625 4 Sri Bijay Kumar Chandra B.D.O, Forbesganj 9431818317 5 Sri Manoj Kumar B.D.O, Araria 9431818315 6 Sharafat Hussain B.D.O, Jokihat 8809262272 7 Md Khurshid Alam B.D.O, Palasi 9431818318 8 Smt. Vina Kumari B.D.O, Kursakanta 9431818626 9 Sri Shivesh Kumar Singh B.D.O, Sikti 9632015050 10 Sri Vijay Kumar Sinha C.O Kursakanta 8544412408 11 Sri Ashok Kumar Singh C.O, Araria 8544412406 12 Sri Abhay Kant Mishra C.O, Forbesganj 8544412413 13 Sri Nishant Kumar C.O, Narpatganj 8544412414 14 Sri Pawan Kumar Jha C.O, Jokihat 8544412407 15 Sri Mahendra Kumar Singh C.O, Bhargama 8544412412 16 Sri Satyendra Kumar Singh C.O, Palasi 8544412409 17 Sri Satyendra Narayan Singh C.O, Raniganj 8544412410 18 Sri Pram Kumar Sharma C.O, Sikti 8544412411 Page No :- 11 of 47 Important Police Officials and their Contact Number Sl. No Name Designation Mobile No 1 2 3 4 1 Sri Mukesh Kumar Sah S.H.O, Fobesganj 9431822595 2 Sri Ramesh Kant Choudhary S.H.O, Araria 9431822599 3 Sri Prashant Kumar S.H.O, Araria R.S 9006198069 4 Smt. Meera Kumari S.H.O, 8541855870 5 Sri Prabhakar Bharti S.H.O, Tarabari 9431822589 6 Sri Rakesh Prasad S.H.O, Bairgachhi O.P 9006390075 7 Sri Bhanu Pratap Sinha S.H.O, Kursakanta 9431822593 8 Sri King Kundan S.H.O, Raniganj 9431822592 9 Sri Jivesh Thakur S.H.O, Sonamani Godam 9431822585 10 Sri Dhananjay Kumar S.H.O, Sikti 9431822597 11 Sri Rakesh Prasad S.H.O, Bardaha 9431822586 12 Sri Maksud Ahmad Hedri S.H.O, Jokihat 9431822598 13 Sri mukeshwar Prasad S.H.O, Palashi 9431822596 14 Sri Ram Aayodhya Ram S.H.O,Madanpur O.P 9431822585 15 Sri Deepak Chandra Das S.H.O, Mahalgown O.P 9006444806 16 Sri Chandra Kishor Tuddu S.H.O, Sc. St. 9939088237 17 Sri Omprakash S.H.O, Simraha 9006444806 18 Sri Anil Kumar Singh S.H.O, Jogwani 9431822594 19 Sri Akhileshwar Kumar S.H.O, Bathnaha 9973389950 20 Sri Rama Shankar S.H.O, Bausi 9431822588 21 Sri Vikash Kumar Aazad S.H.O, Bhargama 9431822591 22 Sri Sunil Kumar S.H.O, Narpatganj 9431822590 23 Sri Shyam Nandan Yadav S.H.O, Fulkaha 852128777 24 Sri Akhilesh Kumar S.H.O, Ghurna 9431822584 25 Sri Sadanad Sah S.H.O, Basmatiya 9470237652 Page No :- 12 of 47 Observer’s Details Sl.