Nalanda (District)

Nalanda District
State	Bihar
Administrative headquarters :	Bihar Sharif
Area :	2355 km²
Residents :	2,877,653 (2011)
Population density :	1222 inhabitants / km²
Website :	nalanda.bih.nic.in/

Nalanda is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 2355 km². The administrative seat is the city of Bihar Sharif .

history

Nalanda became a district in 1972 when it was separated from Patna .

population

The population is 2,877,653 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 21.39% and was therefore very high. Nalanda has a gender ratio of 922 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The district has a literacy rate of 64.43% in 2011, an increase of almost 11 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average. Almost 93% of the population are Hindus and around 7% are Muslim .

Almost 15.9% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Bihar Sharif with 297,268 inhabitants.

economy

According to official statistics, the Nalanda 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 .