Vaishali (district)

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Vaishali District
District map
State Bihar
Administrative headquarters : Hajipur
Area : 2036 km²
Residents : 3,495,021 (2011)
Population density : 1717 inhabitants / km²
Website : vaishali.bih.nic.in/

Vaishali is a district in the Indian state of Bihar .

The area is 2036 km². The administrative seat is the city of Hajipur .

history

The ancient city of Vaishali in the district was founded in the 5th century BC. The capital of the Republic of the Licchavis , which belonged to the Vajji Confederation .

Vaishali became a district when it was separated from Muzaffarpur in 1972

population

The population is 3,495,021 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 28.57% and was therefore very high. Vaishali has a gender ratio of 895 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. The district has a literacy rate of 66.60% in 2011, an increase of almost 16 percentage points compared to 2001. Despite the high increase, reading ability is still 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 9.7% of the population live in cities. The largest city was Hajipur with 147,688 inhabitants.

economy

According to official statistics, the Vaishali 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 .