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Arwal

Arwal in Bihar. Explore its public directory, history, places, personalities and election references.

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Arwal district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Arwal town is the administrative headquarters of this district. It was earlier part of Jehanabad district. As of 2001 it is the third least populous district of Bihar (out of 38), after Sheikhpura and Sheohar. Arwal District is very small district of Bihar. Most of people are engaged in primary sector.

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History & identity

The story of Arwal

=== Recent events === There was a massacre of Dalit people, who were considered to be naxal supporters by Ranvir Sena-a private militia of dominant Bhumihar caste, at Laxmanpur Bathe in 1997. This massacre was in response of capturing land belonging to upper caste people and killing of Bhumihars in various massacre like Bara massacre and Senari massacre by Naxalite, most of the members of naxal cadres being Dalits. It was a part of the Red Corridor.

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Arwal: food, crops, crafts & local products

Food processing · PMFME ODOP

Pulse based products (Besan & Sattu)

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries lists these food-product priorities for this district in its dated PMFME One District One Product record. This identifies programme focus, rather than current crop output or the district’s complete food culture.

District name in source: Arwal
Source date: 2025-02-06

District products · ODOP reference

Mushroom
Pumpkin

These products appear against this district in the linked One District One Product catalogue. They are documented product associations, rather than a current industrial census or a complete list of local businesses.

District name in source: Arwal
Source date: 2025-08-19

People connected with Arwal

8 public personality references

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Bagi Kumar Verma

Bagi Kumar Verma (1948 or 1949 – 11 May 2026) was an Indian politician from Bihar. He was a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly for three terms, two times from Makhdumpur Assembly...

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Khurshid Anwar Gayavi

Khurshid Anwar Gayavi (born 12 November 1964) is an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and a senior teacher of Hadith at Darul Uloom Deoband, an influential Islamic seminary in India. He has served...

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Maha Nand Singh

Maha Nand Singh is an Indian politician from Bihar and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Maha Nand Singh won the Arwal Assembly constituency on the CPI(M–L)L ticket in the 2020...

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Mudrika Singh Yadav

Mudrika Singh Yadav was a senior most leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal from Bihar. He was the Principal General Secretary of RJD. He had served in the Lalu Prasad Yadav ministry...

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Rambali Singh Chandravanshi

Ram Bali Singh Chandravanshi (born 15 October 1963) is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. Since the elections on June 29, 2020, he has been a member of the Bihar...

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Ravindra Singh Kushwaha

Ravindra Singh also known as Ravindra Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician based in Bihar, who was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly twice from Arwal Assembly constituency. Singh was a member of...

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Satyadev Kushwaha

Satyadev Kushwaha is an Indian politician who is a leader of Janata Dal (United) party and a former member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the assembly from Kurtha...

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Tariq Anwar

Tariq Anwar (born 16 January 1951) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress (INC), and a Member of Parliament representing Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar, India. He served as...

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Arwal: official travel, agriculture & local information

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