Chatra (District)
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| State | Jharkhand |
| Administrative headquarters : | Chatra |
| Area : | 3718 km² |
| Residents : | 1,042,886 (2011) |
| Population density : | 280 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | www.chatra.gov.in |
Chatra is a district in the Indian state of Jharkhand .
The area is 3718 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name, Chatra .
history
Before the district was established in 1994, it was part of Hazaribagh District .
population
Population statistics have been available since 2001:
| year | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 808.135 | 1,042,886 |
The population was 1,042,886 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 31.77% and was therefore very high. Chatra has a gender ratio of 953 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 60.18% in 2011 , an increase of almost 17 percentage points compared to 2001. However, literacy is still well below the national average. Almost 86.6% of the population are Hindus , approx. 11.2% are Muslims , approx. 0.6% are Christians , approx. 0.1% are Sikhs , and approx. 1.5% did not declare their religion or practice other religions. 18.7% of the population are children under 6 years of age.
Almost 6% of the population live in cities.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chatra District - Population 1991–2011
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
