Darbhanga (District)

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Darbhanga District
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Darbhanga
Area : 2279 km²
Residents : 3,937,385 (2011)
Population density : 1728 inhabitants / km²
Website : saran.bih.nic.in/

Darbhanga is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 2279 km². The administrative seat is the city of Darbhanga .

history

In 1976, the Madhubani and Samastipur districts were split off from Darbhanga.

population

The population is 3,937,385 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 19.47% and was therefore very high. Darbhanga has a gender ratio of 911 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The district has a literacy rate of 56.56% in 2011, an increase of almost 12 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average and also below that of Bihar. Almost 77% of the population are Hindus and around 22% are Muslim . The Bhojpuri language is common in the district.

Only 9.7% of the population live in cities. The largest city was Darbhanga with 296,039 inhabitants.

economy

According to official statistics, the Darbhanga 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 .