Sheohar (District)
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State | Bihar |
Administrative headquarters : | Sheohar |
Area : | 349 km² |
Residents : | 656,246 (2011) |
Population density : | 1880 inhabitants / km² |
Website : | sheohar.bih.nic.in/ |
Sheohar is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .
The area is 349 km². The administrative seat is the city of Sheohar .
population
The population was 656,246 in 2011. The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 30.25% and was therefore very high. Sheohar has a gender ratio of 893 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The district had a literacy rate of 53.53% in 2011 , an increase of almost 18 percentage points compared to 2001. However, literacy is still well below the national average. Almost 84% of the population are Hindus and around 15% are Muslim .
Only 4.3% of the population live in cities.
economy
According to official statistics, the Sheohar district is one of the 250 most backward districts in India, which is divided into a total of 640 districts. Sheohar was one of the three poorest districts in Bihar, which is considered the poorest state in India, from 2007 to 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
- ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Economic Survey 2016 - 17. (No longer available online.) Government of Bihar, Finance Department, archived from the original on July 29, 2017 ; accessed on July 28, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.