Today’s Chhapra was a part of Kosala kingdom in ancient days. The kingdom of Kosala consisted of today’s Faizabad, Gonda, Basti, Gorkhapur, Deoria in Uttar Pradesh and Saran in Bihar. The 'Ain-E-Akbari written by Abul Fazal shows that   Saran was one of the six Sarkars (Revenue Divisions) constituting the province of Bihar. In 1765 when East India Company got Diwani there were eight Revenue Divisions i.e. Sarkars including Saran and Champaran in the province of Bihar. These two Sarkars were merged and the new Sarkar was named as Saran. Saran was included in the Patna Division when the Commissioner's Divisions were set up in 1829. It was separated from Champaran in 1866 when Champaran was made a new district....

The saran district is amongst one of the most backward districts in India with no or little industrial activities. The Union Government of India declared Saran as one of the country's 250 most backward districts in 2006 and thereafter the district is receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). Agriculture is back bone of the economy of the district. The net sown area                                                     is 199300...

The district of Saran is positioned between 25°36' and 26°13' North latitude and 84°24' and 85°15' East longitude in the southern post of the Saran Division of North Bihar. The triangle shaped Saran district is encircled by three rivers namely the Ganges, Ghaghra, Gandak with districts of Bhojpur and Patna in south, in the north of Saran district, there are Siwan and Gopalganj districts of Bihar, in the east Vaishali and Muzaffarpur districts lie and in the west of saran distict, there are Siwan of Bihar and Balia district of Uttar Pradesh. The Ganges forms the Southern boundary. The Ghaghra River divides Saran and Ballia. The Gandak divides Saran in the east with vaishali and Muzaffarpur districts. The whole district is...

The district has both Government owned and privately managed schools imparting education through Hindi Urdu and English medium of instructions from pre-primary to intermediate(+2) levels of education. List of English/Public Schools Serial No. Name of the School Contact Number 1 Chapra Central School 06152-224772 2 A.N.D Public School 3 Saran Central School 4 Central Public School  06152-248388 5 Children Delight School 6 Bhagwat Vidyapeeth 7 Greenland Public School 8 Apples English School ...