Jehanabad (District)

Jehanabad District
State	Bihar
Administrative headquarters :	Jehanabad
Area :	931 km²
Residents :	1,125,313 (2011)
Population density :	1209 inhabitants / km²
Website :	jehanabad.bih.nic.in/

Jehanabad is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 931 km². The administrative seat is the city of Jehanabad .

history

The Barabar Caves are located in the Jehanabad District. They are the oldest preserved rock caves in India and mostly date from the Maurya period (322–185 BC).

Jehanabad became a district in 1986 when it was split off from Gaya .

population

The population in 2011 was 1,125,313. The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 21.68% and was therefore very high. Jehanabad has a gender ratio of 931 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district had a literacy rate of 66.80% in 2011 , an increase of almost 11 percentage points compared to 2001. This means that literacy is below the national average. Almost 93% of the population are Hindus and around 7% are Muslim .

Almost 12% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Jehanabad with 103,202 inhabitants.

economy

According to official statistics, Jehanabad District is one of the 250 most backward districts in India, which is divided into a total of 640 districts.

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 .