Rohtas (district)

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Rohtas
District रोहतास ज़िला
District map
State Bihar
Division : Patna
Administrative headquarters : Sasaram
Area : 3,881 km²
Residents : 2,959,918 (2011)
Population density : 286 inhabitants / km²
Website : Rohtas District

The district of Rohtas ( Hindi : रोहतास ज़िला) is a district of the Indian state of Bihar . The administrative and economic center is the city of Sasaram with a population of around 150,000 .

geography

The district of Rohtas is located in the southwest of the state of Bihar; the district forms the transition from the 500 m high northern foothills of the Vindhya Mountains to the Ganges plain, which is only 100 m high . It is bordered to the west by the district of Kaimur , to the north by the districts of Buxar and Bhojpur , to the east by the districts of Jehanabad and Aurangabad and to the south by the state of Jharkhand . The most important river is the Son , a tributary of the Ganges , which forms the south and south-east borders of the district. The most important cities are Sasaram and Dehri with approx. 150,000 each and Bikramganj with approx. 50,000 inhabitants. 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 1,917,416 2,464,243 2,959,918

Hindus dominate the rural villages (approx. 89.5%); there is also a not inconsiderable number of Muslims in the cities (approx. 10% of the total population). In the decade between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by around 20% to almost 3 million, with the male population exceeding the female by around 10%. About 85% of the population lives in rural villages; a third of the people (mostly women) are considered 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. The various industrial companies of Dalmianagar near Dehri were closed in the 1980s due to unprofitability and Mafia- like structures.

history

Sher Khan Suris Mausoleum in Sasaram

The remote region has been in the hands of tribes for centuries. It was not until the 16th century that Sasaram- born Sher Khan Suri (ruled approx. 1530–1545) and his son Islam Shah Suri (r. 1545–1553) managed to temporarily organize the area, modernize it and use the old Grand Trunk Road to connect to Central India and Bengal . After their death, however, it was only a marginal zone of the Mughal Empire and then of British India . The district was established in 1972 after the no longer existing Shahabad district was split up; 20 years later, the western part split off together with the extinct district of Bhabhua under the name of Kaimur district . The entire district belongs to the Naxalite - communist influenced " Red Corridor ".

Attractions

The main sights are the two mausoleums of Sher Khan Suri and his father in Sasaram and Rohtasgarh Fort, about 50 km southwest .

Web links

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

proof

  1. ^ Rohtas district - map with elevation information
  2. ^ Rohtas district - old map
  3. ↑ Sasaram - climate tables
  4. ↑ Rohtas District - Census 1991 to 2011
  5. ↑ District Rothas - Facts and data