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| Saran district सारन जिला |
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| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| Administrative division | Saran |
| Established | |
| Headquarters | Chhapra |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Saran, Maharajganj |
| • Assembly seats | Ekma, Manjhi, Baniapur, Taraiya, Marhaura, Chapra, Garkha, Amnour, Parsa, Sonepur |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,641 km2 (1,020 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 3,248,701 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 52.01 per cent[1] |
| • Sex ratio | 966 |
| Major highways | NH 28B, NH 85, NH 101, NH 102 |
| Website | Official website |
Saran District is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India. The district, part of Saran Division, is also known as Chapra district after the headquarters of the district - Chapra. Hathwa Raj was a zamindari in the Saran Division of Bihar belonging to Bhumihar Brahmins which encompassed 1,365 villages, was inhabited by more than 391,000 people, and produced an annual rental of almost a million rupees.[2]
Geography[]
Saran district occupies an area of 2,641 square kilometres (1,020 sq mi),[3] comparatively equivalent to Canada's Moresby Island.[4]
Economy[]
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Saran one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[5] It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[5]
Demographics[]
According to the 2011 census Saran district has a population of 3,943,098 ,[6] roughly equal to the nation of Liberia[7] or the US state of Oregon.[8] This gives it a ranking of 60th in India (out of a total of 640).[6] The district has a population density of 1,493 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,870 /sq mi) .[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.37 %.[6] Saran has a sex ratio of 949 females for every 1000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 68.57 %.[6]
- Population: Total: 2572980 Rural: 2338624 Urban: 234356
- S.C. Population: Total: 301306 Rural: 277217 Urban: 24089
- S.T. Population: Total: 3231 Rural: 2945 Urban: 286
Languages[]
Languages include Bhojpuri, a tongue in the Bihari language group with almost 40 000 000 speakers, written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts.[9]
Divisions[]
- Sub Divisions: Chapra, Marhawrah, Sonepur
- Blocks: Chapra, Manjhi, Dighwara, Rivilganj, Parsa, Baniapur, Amnaur, Taraiya, Sonepur, Garkha, Ekma, Dariyapur, Jalalpur, Marhaura, Masarakh, Maker, Nagra, Panapur, Eisuapur, Lahladpur, Jantabazar
Culture[]
Notable personalities[]
- Jayaprakash Narayan Freedom fighter and politician
- Lalu Prasad Yadav [Former Chief-Minister]
- Rajiv Pratap Rudy [B.J.P Leader]
- Sanjay Singh [Actor & Producer]To know more about him please Google(actor sanjay singh or executive producer sanjay singh) has done schooling from Bajitpur high school and college from a n college patna.
References[]
- ^ "District-specific Literates and Literacy Rates, 2001". Registrar General, India, Ministry of Home Affairs. http://www.educationforallinindia.com/page157.html. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ^ Yang, Anand A. (1999). Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar. University of California Press. pp. 305 (at page 69). ISBN 978-0520211001.
- ^ 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. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7.
- ^ "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 1998-02-18. http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-11. "Moresby Island 2,608km2"
- ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme". National Institute of Rural Development. http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Liberia 3,786,764 July 2011 est."
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30. "Oregon 3,831,074"
- ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed (2009). "Bhojpuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th edition ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bho. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
External links[]
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| Patna: Bhojpur | Buxar | Kaimur | Patna | Rohtas | Nalanda |
| Purnia: Araria | Katihar | Kishanganj | Purnia |
| Saran: Gopalganj | Saran | Siwan |
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