Madhepura (District)

Madhepura District
State	Bihar
Administrative headquarters :	Madhepura
Area :	1788 km²
Residents :	2,001,762 (2011)
Population density :	1120 inhabitants / km²
Website :	madhepura.bih.nic.in/

Madhepura is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 1788 km². The administrative seat is the city of Madhepura .

history

Madhepura became a district in 1981 when it was separated from Saharsa .

population

The population is 2,001,762 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 31.12% and was therefore very high. Madhepura 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 52.25% in 2011, an increase of almost 16 percentage points compared to 2001. However, literacy is still well below the national average. Just under 88% of the population are Hindus and around 12% are Muslims .

Almost 4.4% of the population live in cities.

economy

According to official statistics, the Madhepura district is one of the 250 most backward districts in India, which is divided into a total of 640 districts. 2007–2012 Madhepura was one of the three poorest districts in Bihar, which is considered the poorest state in India.

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 . 
3. ↑ Economic Survey 2016 - 17. (No longer available online.) Government of Bihar, Finance Department, archived from the original on July 29, 2017 ; accessed on July 28, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.