Begusarai (District)

Begusarai district
State	Bihar
Administrative headquarters :	Begusarai
Area :	1918 km²
Residents :	2,970,541 (2011)
Population density :	1549 inhabitants / km²
Website :	begusarai.bih.nic.in/

Begusarai is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 1918 km². The administrative seat is the city of Begusarai .

history

Begusarai became a district in 1972.

population

The population is 2,970,541 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 26.44% and was therefore very high. Begusarai has a gender ratio of 911 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus that is usual for India. The district has a literacy rate of 63.87% in 2011, an increase of almost 16 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average. Almost 86% of the population are Hindus and around 14% are Muslim .

Almost 19.6% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Begusarai with 252,008 inhabitants.

economy

According to official statistics, the Begusarai district is one of the 250 most backward districts in India, which is divided into a total of 640 districts. Nevertheless, in 2007-12 it was one of the three wealthiest districts in Bihar, which, however, is considered the poorest state in the country.

Web links

• District map

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Economic Survey 2016 - 17. (No longer available online.) Government of Bihar, Finance Department, archived from the original on July 29, 2017 ; accessed on July 28, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.