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HEALTH DEPARTMENT |
The district has one Medical College, 2 referral hospitals, 13 PHCs, 37 Additional PHCs and 261 Health Sub Centres. Darbhanga Medical College, the pride possession of North Bihar, was started as a Temple Medical School in 1925 and was upgraded into a college in 1946. Later it developed into a multi disciplinary institution, imparting even P.G. degrees in most faculties from 1958. Besides having City Scan facilities, construction of a Cancer ward is also under way. Under IPP-7 programme 27-health sub centres and 3 operation theatres are under construction.
DARBHANGA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL
| Block-wise Data of PHC | ||||
| SL | Block | No. of HSC | No. of APHC | No. of PHC |
| 1. | Benipur | 23 | 4 | 1 |
| 2. | Baheri | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 3. | Darbhanga Sadar | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 4. | Bahadurpur | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. | Hayaghat | 24 | 5 | 1 |
| 6. | Jale | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 7. | Manigachhi | 32 | 8 | 1 |
| 8. | Biraul | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 9. | Ghanshyampur | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| 10. | Kiratpur | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11. | Kusheshwar Asthan | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| 12. | Keoti | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 13. | Singhwara | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 261 | 37 | 13 | |
Due to insufficient number of schools, social taboos and increasing rate of fallout’s in higher classes, the district literacy rate is only 29% which is much below the national average of 52.21. The state literacy rate is 38.48%. The male literacy rate is 48 and the female literacy rate is 16. Total Literacy Campaign 1995-97 covered 4,56,715 people against the target of 4,84,857 people. Post literacy campaign has been started since January 2000 in the district. Block wise data of literacy is as follows:
| Block-wise Literacy Percentage | ||||
| SL. | Block Name | Percentage of Literacy | ||
| Total | Male | Female | ||
| 1. | Darbhagna | 25 | 35 | 14 |
| 2. | Bahadurpur | 28 | 39 | 15 |
| 3. | Hanuman Nagar | 27 | 37 | 16 |
| 4. | Hayaghat | 27 | 37 | 16 |
| 5. | Baheri | 25 | 37 | 11 |
| 6. | Jale | 30 | 39 | 19 |
| 7. | Singhwara | 28 | 38 | 18 |
| 8. | Keoti | 27 | 37 | 16 |
| 9. | Manigachhi | 28 | 39 | 16 |
| 10. | Tardih | 26 | 39 | 16 |
| 11. | Alinagar | 26 | 36 | 15 |
| 12. | Benipur | 24 | 35 | 12 |
| 13. | Biraul | 24 | 36 | 12 |
| 14. | Ghanshyampur | 24 | 35 | 11 |
| 15. | Kiratpur | 24 | 35 | 11 |
| 16. | Gaura Bauram | 25 | 38 | 12 |
| 17. | Kuseswarsthan | 18 | 29 | 7 |
| 18. | Kuseswarsthan (E) | 18 | 29 | 7 |
| 19. | Darbhanga Nagar Nigam | 55 | 66 | 45 |