Arwal (district)

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Arwal District
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Arwal
Area : 638 km²
Residents : 700,843 (2011)
Population density : 1098 inhabitants / km²
Website : Arwal.bih.nic.in

Arwal is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 638 km². The administrative seat is the city of Arwal .

history

Today the district belongs to the Naxalite - communist influenced " Red Corridor ". In 1997 there was a massacre of untouchables ( Dalit ) in the district who were suspected of supporting the Naxalites. The act was perpetrated by a private upper caste militia .

population

The population was 700,843 in 2011. The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 18.89%. Arwal has a gender ratio of 928 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The district had a literacy rate of 67.43% per year in 2011 , an increase of almost 12 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average. Just under 91% of the population are Hindus and around 9% are Muslim .

Almost 7.4% of the population live in cities.

economy

According to official statistics, the Arwal district is one of the 250 most backward districts in India, which is divided into a total of 640 districts. The district's economy is entirely agricultural and there is virtually no industry. Rice , wheat and vegetables are mainly grown.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arun Kumar | TNN | Updated: Apr 8, 2010, 0:09 am Is: 16 to hang for killing 58 in Bihar village | India News - Times of India. Accessed April 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
  3. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .