Bhagalpur (District)

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Bhagalpur District
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Bhagalpur
Area : 2569 km²
Residents : 3,037,766 (2011)
Population density : 1182 inhabitants / km²
Website : bhagalpur.bih.nic.in/

Bhagalpur is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 2569 km². The administrative seat is the city of Bhagalpur .

population

The population is 3,037,766 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 25.36% and was therefore very high. Bhagalpur has a gender ratio of 880 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus that is usual for India. The district has a literacy rate of 63.14% in 2011, an increase of almost 14 percentage points compared to 2001. However, reading skills are still well below the national average. Almost 82% of the population are Hindus and around 18% are Muslims .

Almost 19.8% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Bhagalpur with 400,146 inhabitants.

economy

According to official statistics, the Bhagalpur 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 .