Khagaria (district)

Khagaria district
State	Bihar
Administrative headquarters :	Khagaria
Area :	1486 km²
Residents :	1,666,886 (2011)
Population density :	1122 inhabitants / km²
Website :	khagaria.bih.nic.in/

Khagaria is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 1486 km². The administrative seat is the city of Khagaria .

population

The number of inhabitants in 2011 was 1,666,886. The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 30.19% and was therefore very high. Khagaria has a gender ratio of 886 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The district had a literacy rate of 57.92% in 2011 , an increase of almost 16 percentage points compared to 2001. This means that literacy is below the national average. Almost 89% of the population are Hindus and around 11% are Muslim .

Almost 5.2% of the population live in cities.

economy

According to official statistics, the Khagaria 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 .