Jehanabad district
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Jehanabad district | |
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![]() Location of Jehanabad district in Bihar | |
Coordinates (Jehanabad):24°45′N85°00′E/ 24.750°N 85.000°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Bihar |
Division | Magadh |
Headquarters | Jehanabad |
Government | |
•Lok Sabha constituencies | Jahanabad |
Area | |
• Total | 932 km2(360 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,125,313 |
• Density | 1,200/km2(3,100/sq mi) |
Demographics | |
• Sex ratio | 918[1] |
Time zone | UTC+05:30(IST) |
PIN | 8044xx (Jehanabad)[2] |
Major highways | NH 83 |
Average annual precipitation | 1074 mm |
Website | https://jehanabad.nic.in/en/ |
Jehanabad districtis one of the thirty-eightdistricts of Biharstate,India.Jehanabadtown is the administrative headquarters of this district. Jehanabad district is a part ofMagadh Division,and is located on the confluence of two small rivers called Dardha and Yamunaiya.
History
[edit]The territory of the present-day district became Jehanabad sub-division ofGaya districtin 1872. The district came into existence on 1 August 1986. It is surrounded byPatnain north,Arwalin west,Nalandain east and Gaya in south.
Geography
[edit]Jehanabad district occupies an area of 932 square kilometres (360 sq mi),[3]comparatively equivalent toMexico'sIsla Ángel de la Guarda.[4]
Demographics
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 237,802 | — |
1911 | 249,238 | +0.47% |
1921 | 248,306 | −0.04% |
1931 | 275,471 | +1.04% |
1941 | 320,093 | +1.51% |
1951 | 354,133 | +1.02% |
1961 | 415,062 | +1.60% |
1971 | 495,614 | +1.79% |
1981 | 599,143 | +1.92% |
1991 | 709,862 | +1.71% |
2001 | 926,489 | +2.70% |
2011 | 1,125,313 | +1.96% |
source:[5] |
According to the2011 censusJehanabad district has apopulationof 1,125,313,[1]roughly equal to the nation ofCyprus[7]or the US state ofRhode Island.[8]This gives it a ranking of 412th in India (out of a total of640).[1]The district has a population density of 1,206 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,120/sq mi).[1]Itspopulation growth rateover the decade 2001–2011 was 21.34%.[1]Jehanabad has asex ratioof 918femalesfor every 1000 males,[1]and aliteracy rateof 78.27%. 12.01% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 19.81% and 0.11% of the population respectively.[1]
At the time of the2011 Census of India,79.5% of the population in the district spokeMagahi,18.01%Hindiand 2.00%Urduas their first language.[9]
Politics
[edit]District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance | Remarks | ||
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Jehanabad | 216 | Jehanabad | Suday Yadav | RJD | MGB | |||
217 | Ghosi | Ram Bali Singh Yadav | CPI(ML)L | MGB | ||||
218 | Makhdumpur | Satish Kumar | RJD | MGB |
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Villages
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcdefg"District Census Handbook: Jehanabad"(PDF).Census of India.Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.2011.
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- ^Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) (2010). "States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government".India 2010: A Reference Annual(54th ed.). New Delhi, India: Additional Director General, Publications Division,Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India),Government of India. pp. 1118–1119.ISBN978-81-230-1617-7.
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has generic name (help) - ^"Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area".United Nations Environment Program.1998-02-18. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-12-01.Retrieved2011-10-11.
Isla Ángel de la Guarda 931km2
- ^"Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar"(PDF).census.gov.in.Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
- ^"Table C-01 Population by Religion: Bihar".censusindia.gov.in.Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.2011.
- ^US Directorate of Intelligence."Country Comparison:Population".Archived fromthe originalon June 13, 2007.Retrieved2011-10-01.
Cyprus 1,120,489 July 2011 est.
- ^"2010 Resident Population Data".U. S. Census Bureau. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-19.Retrieved2011-09-30.
Rhode Island 1,052,567
- ^ab"Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar".censusindia.gov.in.Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.2011.
External links
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