Ranchi (district)
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| State | Jharkhand |
| Administrative headquarters : | Ranchi |
| Area : | 5097 km² |
| Residents : | 2,914,253 (2011) |
| Population density : | 572 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | www.ranchi.gov.in |
Ranchi is a district in the Indian state of Jharkhand .
The area is 5097 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Ranchi . The district is the most populous in Jharkhand.
history
The region has historically been under the influence of various empires and empires such as Magadha , the Maurya Empire , the Gupta Empire , the Mughal Empire and the British Empire .
Today the district belongs to the Naxalite - communist influenced " Red Corridor ".
population
Population statistics have been available since 2001:
| year | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 2,350,245 | 2,914,253 |
The population was 2,914,253 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 24.60% and was therefore very high. Ranchi has a gender ratio of 877 women per 1000 men, which is a common male surplus for India. The district had a literacy rate of 76.06% in 2011 , an increase of almost 10 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus slightly above the national average. Almost 55.3% of the population are Hindus , about 14.1% are Muslims , about 6.7% are Christians , about 0.2% are Sikhs, about 0.1% are Jainas , and 22.7% did not indicate any religion or practiced other religions. 13.8% of the population are children under 6 years of age.
Almost 43.1% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Ranchi with 1,073,427 inhabitants.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ranchi District - Population 2001-2011
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
