Supaul (district)

Supaul district
State	Bihar
Administrative headquarters :	Supaul
Area :	2425 km²
Residents :	2,229,076 (2011)
Population density :	919 inhabitants / km²
Website :	supaul.bih.nic.in/

Supaul is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 2425 km². The administrative seat is the city of Supaul .

history

Supaul became a district in 1981 when it was separated from Saharsa .

population

The population is 2,229,076 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 28.66% and was therefore very high. Supaul has a gender ratio of 922 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus typical for India. The district has a literacy rate of 57.67% in 2011, an increase of almost 11 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus well below the national average. Almost 81% of the population are Hindus and around 18% are Muslim .

Only 4.7% of the population live in cities.

economy

According to official statistics, the Supaul 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 .