Lakhisarai (District)

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Lakhisarai District
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Lakhisarai
Area : 1228 km²
Residents : 1,000,912 (2011)
Population density : 815 inhabitants / km²
Website : lakhisarai.bih.nic.in/

Lakhisarai is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 1228 km². The administrative seat is the city of Lakhisarai .

history

Lakhisarai became a district in 1994 when it was split off from Munger .

population

The population is 1,000,912 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 24.77% and was therefore very high. Lakhisarai has a gender ratio of 902 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The district has a literacy rate of 62.42% in 2011, an increase of almost 15 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average. Almost 96% of the population are Hindus and around 4% are Muslims .

Almost 14.3% of the population live in cities.

economy

According to official statistics, the Lakhisarai 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 .