Sheikhpura (district)

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Sheikhpura District
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Sheikhpura
Area : 689 km²
Residents : 636,342 (2011)
Population density : 924 inhabitants / km²
Website : sheikhpura.bih.nic.in/

Sheikhpura is a district in the Indian state of Bihar . It has the lowest population of all districts in Bihar.

The area is 689 km². The administrative seat is the city of Sheikhpura .

population

The population is 636,342 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 25.36% and was therefore very high. Sheikhpura has a gender ratio of 880 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus that is usual for India. The district has a literacy rate of 63.86% in 2011, an increase of almost 15 percentage points compared to 2001. However, reading skills are still below the national average. Almost 94% of the population are Hindus and around 6% are Muslim .

Almost 17.1% of the population live in cities. The largest city is Sheikhpura with 62,927 inhabitants.

economy

The economy in Sheikhpura is largely based on agriculture . According to official statistics, the district is one of the 250 most backward districts in India, which is divided into a total of 640 districts.

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Individual evidence

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