Patna (district)

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Patna
District पटना जिला
District map
State Bihar
Division : Patna
Administrative headquarters : Patna
Area : 3,802 km²
Residents : 5,838,465 (2011)
Population density : 286 inhabitants / km²
Website : Patna District

The district of Patna ( Hindi : पटना जिला) is a district of the Indian state of Bihar . The administrative and economic center is the megacity of Patna .

geography

Patna District is located in the geographic center of Bihar State; the district lies in the Ganges plain at heights of 50 to 100 m above sea level. d. M. It borders on the Bhojpur District to the west, the Saran , Vaishali , Samastipur and Begusarai districts to the north and the Lakhisarai , Nalanda , Jehanabad and Arwal districts to the south . The most important rivers are the Ganges , which forms the northern border of the district, and the Son , which is its western border. The most important cities are Patna (1.5 million), Danapur (250,000), Barh (75,000) and Masaurhi (70,000). The climate is warm to hot; Rain falls almost exclusively in the summer monsoon months .

population

Official population statistics have only been kept and published since 1991.

year 1991 2001 2011
Residents 3,618,211 4,718,592 5,838,465

Hindus dominate the rural villages (approx. 91.5%); There is also a not inconsiderable number of Muslims in the cities (around 7.5% of the total population). In the decade between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by around 20% to just under 6 million, with the male population exceeding the female population by around 12%. About 57% of the population live in rural villages; a third of the people (mostly women) are illiterate. Mostly Hindi is spoken but also regional languages ​​such as Bhojpuri .

economy

Agriculture has traditionally played the dominant role in the district's economic life; The main crops are rice , lentils , wheat and rapeseed . Crafts, trade and smaller industrial and service companies have settled in the cities.

history

Granary ( Golghar ) in Patna

Patna has a long history: in the 5th century BC AD Ajatasattu relocated the capital of the Kingdom of Magadha from Rajgir to Pataliputra (today a suburb of Patna); According to tradition, Buddha and Mahavira , the founder of Jainism , also visited the city and region during this time . Around 400 BC The Chinese monk and pilgrim Fa Hsien spent several months in Pataliputra. Around 300 BC The Greek Megasthenes, who was born in Asia Minor , stayed several times at the court of Chandragupta Mauryas and described Pataliputra as the largest city known to him. In the 2nd and 1st centuries BC The Shunga dynasty of Pataliputra and Vidisha ruled large parts of northern India. Even under the Gupta rulers (approx. 320–550) and the Pala kings (approx. 750–1150), Pataliputra remained the capital of the empire. Around the year 1200, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji conquered large parts of northern India, which then fell to the Sultanate of Delhi , which was conquered by the Mughals in 1528 . As early as 1620, the British East India Company had set up a trading post in Patna; Export goods such as rice and saltpeter were shipped over the Ganges to Calcutta and there transferred to larger ships. In 1632 the English merchant Peter Mundy called Patna the "largest trading center in the East" and in 1793 the city and the whole region were annexed by the British . In 1976, the Nalanda District was separated from the Patna District.

Attractions

The main attractions of the district are the city of Patna with its suburbs Pataliputra and Kumrhar. In the small town of Maner there is a mogul period mausoleum.

Web links

Commons : Patna district  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Patna District - Map with elevation information
  2. Jump up ↑ Patna District Map
  3. ↑ Patna - climate tables
  4. ↑ Patna District - Census 1991 to 2011
  5. ↑ Patna District - Facts + Dates