Aurangabad (District, Bihar)

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Aurangabad District
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Aurangabad
Area : 3305 km²
Residents : 2,540,073 (2011)
Population density : 769 inhabitants / km²
Website : aurangabad.bih.nic.in/

Aurangabad is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 3305 km². The administrative seat is the city of Aurangabad .

history

Aurangabad became a district in 1972 when it was separated from Gaya .

population

The population is 2,540,073 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 26.18% and was therefore very high. Aurangabad has a gender ratio of 926 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The district has a literacy rate of 70.32% in 2011, an increase of almost 13 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus above the average in Bihar. Almost 90% of the population are Hindus and around 9% are Muslims .

Almost 9.3% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Aurangabad with 102,244 inhabitants.

economy

According to official statistics, the Aurangabad district is one of the 250 most backward districts in India, which is divided into a total of 640 districts.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
  2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .