Samastipur (District)

Samastipur District
State	Bihar
Administrative headquarters :	Samastipur
Area :	2904 km²
Residents :	4,261,566 (2011)
Population density :	1467 inhabitants / km²
Website :	samastipur.bih.nic.in/

Samastipur is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 2904 km². The administrative seat is the city of Samastipur .

history

Samastipur became a district in 1972 when it was separated from Darbhanga .

population

The population is 4,261,566 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 25.53% and was therefore very high. Samastipur has a gender ratio of 911 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The district has a literacy rate of 61.86% in 2011, an increase of almost 16 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus well below the national average. Almost 89% of the population are Hindus and around 11% are Muslim .

Only 3.5% of the population live in cities.

economy

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

Web links

• District map

Individual evidence

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