Banka (District)

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Banka District
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Banka
Area : 3020 km²
Residents : 2,034,763 (2011)
Population density : 674 inhabitants / km²
Website : banka.bih.nic.in/

Banka is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 3020 km². The administrative seat is the city of Banka .

population

The population is 2,034,763 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 26.48% and was therefore very high. Banka has a gender ratio of 922 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The district has a literacy rate of 58.17% in 2011, an increase of almost 16 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average. Almost 87% of the population are Hindus and around 12% are Muslim .

The district is almost exclusively rural, with only 3.5% of the population living in cities.

economy

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

Banka is a largely agrarian economy and is considered the "rice bowl" of Bihar. The main crops are rice , wheat , corn and lentils .

Web links

Individual evidence

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