Nawada (District)

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Nawada District
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Nawada
Area : 2494 km²
Residents : 2,219,146 (2011)
Population density : 890 inhabitants / km²
Website : nawada.bih.nic.in/

Nawada is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 2494 km². Administrative center is the city of Nawada .

population

The population is 2,219,146 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 22.63% and was therefore very high. Nawada has a gender ratio of 939 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus that is usual for India. The district has a literacy rate of 59.76% in 2011, an increase of almost 13 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average. Almost 89% of the population are Hindus and around 11% are Muslim .

Almost 9.7% of the population live in cities. The largest agglomeration is Nawada with 118,768 inhabitants.

economy

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

Agriculture provides the income for most of the people in the district. The main crops that are harvested in the district are rice , wheat , legumes and vegetables . Industrial facilities in the district include Beedi factories and silk handlooms .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
  2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .