East Champaran

East Champaran is an administrative in the state of  in. The district headquarters are located at. The district occupies an of 3969  and has a  of 3,933,636 (as of ). East Champaran is a part of.

Places of Interest
Shrine: The mazar of Hazrat Maulana Mohammad Abdul Aziz (rh) is in the Kodaria village, Post:Phenahra. He(rh) is a very powerful saint of Awaisiya silsila. His Urs is celebrated every year on 11th and 12th Fasli Vaishakha (according to the Hindu Calendar year). On the evening of 11th Fasli Vaishakha, there is a Miladun Nabi(SAW) after the magrib nimaz, then Salat-o-Salam and dua. And on the 12th Fasli Vaishakha at 10:30 am, the chaders are taken from his (rh) room, where he died, to his Mazar Sharief. Then there is Chader Poshi and Milad-e-Nabi. After Milad there happens Salat-o-salam and dua.After dua, a lunch for all the devotees.

Mehsi is the entry point of East Champaran connected with Rail and Road both. This small place has number of visiting places at the east side of Railway Station. Mirza Halim Shah mosque, dargah, A very old library 'Nagrik Pustakalaya', Old High school of English period, Orchards of Lichi and mangoes and other places of interest. There are so many button factory which is like small industry but it is decreasing day by day because there is less support from government,mostly the people depends upon agriculture and the business.

Kesariya is in south east of the district and it famouse for Kesariya Stupa locally known DEURA this is one of oldest stupa. It is also good for tourist particularly for Buddhist.

is one of the towns in the district. Sirauna is very popular village of East champaran and had once visited this place to make the people learn about the basic education concept of. Raxaul-It is a town in the district of East Champaran. It is the border town of India with Nepal.

Phenhara is a very prominent small town in this district, it has a very old middle school which is established before 1930, Mahatma Gandhi once had also visited this places.

Economy
The basic lively-hood is agriculture and cottage industry.

The very famous cottage industry is for making Buttons from shells, sometimes referred to as mother-of-pearl (shell - a hard outer case of many molluscs, oyster — bivalve mollusc, esp. an edible kind, sometimes producing a pearl).

The shells are taken from rivers specially flowing through Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

The product, buttons and other ornamental pieces are sold in domestic and international market.