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Region in India and Nepal, Asia
Bhojpur
Region
Bhojpuri Speaking region of India
Continent
Asia
Country
India and Nepal
State
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhesh, Lumbini, and Gandaki
Covering territory
Bihar
Patna division (except Patna district and Nalanda district)
Saran division
Tirhut division (only West Champaran district and East Champaran district)
Uttar Pradesh
Basti division
Gorakhpur division
Azamgarh division
Varanasi division
Mirzapur division
Jharkhand
Garhwa district
Languages
Bhojpuri
Area
• Total
72,004 km2 (27,801 sq mi)
Population
(2011)
• Total
76,308,751
• Density
1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Largest Cities
Varanasi
Gorakhpur
Arrah
Birgunj
Sasaram
Chhapra
Mau
Mirzapur
Jaunpur[disambiguation needed]
Bhojpur is a ethnolinguistic and cultural area in the Indian subcontinent where the Bhojpuri language is spoken as a mother tongue. The Bhojpuri region encompasses parts of the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand, and the Madhesh, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces of Nepal.[1][2][3][4]
^Gopal Thakur Lohar (4 June 2006). A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Bhojpuri Language in Nepal.
^Jha, Hari Bansh. "The new name of Madhesh province surprises Nepal". ORF. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^Thakur, Gopal. "A GRAMMAR OF BHOJPURI A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tribhuvan University in Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in LINGUISTICS". Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation Submitted in Tribhuvan University.
^Thiel-Horstmann, M. (1969). "Sadani : a Bhojpuri dialect spoken in Chotanagpur". S2CID 127410862. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
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