the district. The district has been divided into three subdivisions, namely Sadar, Pupri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Belsand which are headed by sub-divisional officers either from I.A.S.(Indian Administration service) or B.A.S.( Bihar Administration Service) cadre. S.D.Os.(Sub-divisional officer) are under the direct authority of D.M.(District Magistrate) Subdivisions are divided into 17 development blocks where B.D.Os.( Block Development Officer) are posted who undertake development and welfare projects. Sitamarhi district has 845 revenue villages. The superintendent of police, Sitamarhi, is the head of the district police administration and is assisted by the deputy superintendent of police. In each subdivision of the district, the deputy superintendent of police are posted who keep control on police administration. The judges and Munshif magistrates are posted at district and sub-division who administer and deliver justice of different kinds. Tourism Sita Kund Haleshwar Sthan Dekuli Dham Urjiva Kund Janki Asthan Mandir Dumra Hawai field Transportation National Highway 77 connects the area to the Mehsi, Muzaffarpur district and Patna. National Highways 77 and other roads connect to the adjoining districts. National Highway 104 (India) connects it to Sursand, Bhitthamore border, Charaut and Jaynagar and Sheohar . State highways link it to Madhubani district in the East. Sitamarhi Junction railway station is a five-platform station on the Darbhanga–Raxaul–Narkatiaganj line, which was converted to broad gauge in February 2014. Another broad-gauge track connects Sitamarhi to Muzaffarpur. Direct train services are available from Sitamarhi railway junction to places such as New Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi, Lucknow, Guwahati (Kamakhya), Hyderabad, Kanpur and Mumbai. The nearest airport to Sitamarhi is the Darbhanga Airport which is about away. Sitamarhi is connected to cities in and around Bihar by state-owned transport services. Many private buses (both AC and non-AC) operate between Sitamarhi and Patna. Notable people Ramesh Thakur – Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations. Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha – former member of parliament (MP) and freedom fighter. Father of the co-operative movement Ram Dulari Sinha – former Union Minister and governor and freedom fighter. First woman from Bihar to become governor Devesh Chandra Thakur – deputy leader, Bihar Legislative Council Prabhat Jha – Politician and Journalist Nawal Kishore Rai – Ex-member of parliament Sitaram Yadav – ex-member of parliament Ram Kumar Sharma – Indian politician and a former member of parliament from Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency), Bihar Sunil Kumar Pintu – member of parliament from Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency), Bihar Vikash Jha – journalist and author Gaurav Sharma