Jamalpur (Bihar)

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Jamalpur
Jamalpur (Bihar) (India)
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State : IndiaIndia India
State : Bihar
District : Munger
Location : 25 ° 11 ′  N , 86 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 25 ° 11 ′  N , 86 ° 18 ′  E
Height : 151 m
Area : 10 km²
Residents : 105,434 (2011)
Population density : 10,543 inhabitants / km²

Jamalpur is a city in the state of Bihar in eastern India . It is part of the Munger district . Jamalpur has the status of a City Council ( Nagar parishad ). The city is divided into 36 wards. It is about 199 km from Bihar's capital, Patna . The city forms a twin city ​​with the neighboring Munger .

Demographics

The city's population is 105,434 according to the 2011 census. Jamalpur has a gender ratio of 880 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The literacy rate was 86.5% in 2011. Almost 94.6% of the population are Hindus , approx. 4.3% are Muslims and approx. 1.1% belong to other religions. 14.2% of the population are children under 6 years of age. 12.1% of the population were part of the Scheduled Castes .

education

Jamalpur is the location of the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering , which is operated by Indian Railways and employs more than 25,000 people.

Web links

Commons : Jamalpur  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. www.census2011.co.in
  2. Jamalpur City Population Census 2011-2019 | Bihar. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
  3. IRIMEE. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .