Saran (district)

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Saran District
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Chhapra
Area : 2641 km²
Residents : 3,951,862 (2011)
Population density : 1,496 inhabitants / km²
Website : saran.bih.nic.in/

Saran is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 2641 km². The administrative seat is the city of Chhapra .

population

The population is 3,951,862 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 21.64% and was therefore very high. Saran has a gender ratio of 954 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district has a literacy rate of 65.96% in 2011, an increase of almost 14 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average. Almost 90% of the population are Hindus and around 10% are Muslims . The Bhojpuri language is common in the district.

Only 8.9% of the population live in cities. The largest city was Chhapra with 193,193 inhabitants.

economy

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

Web links

Individual evidence

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