Purba Champaran (District)

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Purbi Champaran district
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Motihari
Area : 3968 km²
Residents : 5,099,371 (2011)
Population density : 1,285 inhabitants / km²
Website : eastchamparan.bih.nic.in/

Purba Champaran is a district in the Indian state of Bihar . After Patna , it is the most populous district in Bihar.

The area is 3968 km². The administrative seat is the city of Motihari .

history

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi developed what is known as Satyagraha ( search for truth ) here when he spent time in Motihari in 1917 .

population

The population is 5,099,371 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 29.43% and was therefore very high. Purba Champaran has a gender ratio of 902 women per 1000 men. The district has a literacy rate of 55.79% in 2011, an increase of almost 18 percentage points compared to 2001. However, literacy is well below the national average. Almost 80% of the population are Hindus and around 19% are Muslim . The Bhojpuri language is common in the district.

Almost 7.9% of the population live in cities. The largest city in the district was Motihari with 126,158 inhabitants.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of Motihari | Mahatama Gandhi and Satyagrah Andolan in Champaran | George Orwell. Accessed April 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
  3. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .