12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) and Annual Plan (2012-13) Bihar

Abstract

The North Ganga Plain: It extends from the base of the Terrain in the north to the Ganga in the south, covering an area of about 56,980 Sq Km., It spreads over the whole of Tirhut Saran, Darbhanga and Kosi divisions and has a gentle slope towards the south/The Ganga flows from West to east near the southern margin of the plain; Towards the north and north-west in the east and west Champaran districts, the country begins to undulate and the alluvial plain gives place to broken hilly region known as the Dun or Ramnagar Dun. This consists of a range of low hills. Below these hills, large grassy prairies watered by numerous hill streams extend southwards and eastwards. The soil even at the foot of the hills has no rocky formation and whenever water can be impounded, rich growth of crop is possible.