Rohtas District | |
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Country | India |
State | Bihar |
Division | Patna |
Headquarters | Sasaram |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Sasaram, Karakat, Buxar |
• District Magistrate | Navin Kumar, Indian Administrative Service |
• Superintendent of Police | Ashish Bharti, Indian Police Service |
• Divisional Forest Officer | Pradyumn Gaurav, Indian Forest Service |
Area | |
• Total | 3,847.82 km2 (1,485.65 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,959,918 |
• Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 73.37% |
• Sex ratio | 914 |
Languages | |
• Official | |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
PIN | 821311 (Rohtas) [2] |
ISO 3166 code | 06188 |
Major highways | NH 2 |
Website | Official District Website |
Rohtas District is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. It came into existence when Shahabad District was bifurcated into Bhojpur & Rohtas in 1972. Administrative headquarter of the district is Sasaram. [3] Rohtas district has the highest literacy in Bihar. The literacy rate of Rohtas district which is 73.37% as per 2011 census is highest among all 38 districts of Bihar.
Rohtas district also has one of the highest forest cover among all 38 districts of Bihar.[ citation needed ]
The Rohtas district is a part of Patna Division, and it has an area of 3850 km², a population of 2,959,918 (2011 census), and a population density of 763 persons per km². Languages spoken here are Bhojpuri, Hindi and English. [3]
Rohtas district was created in 1972, when the former Shahabad district was divided in two. It corresponded to the former district's sub-divisions of Sasaram and Bhabua. In 1991, Bhabua was split off as a separate district, which was renamed Kaimur district in 1994. [4]
The district is a part of the Red Corridor. [5]
Rohtas district occupies an area of 3,851 square kilometres (1,487 sq mi). [6] This makes it the 4th-largest district in Bihar. [7]
Rohtas district can be divided into two major natural areas. In the north and northeast is the Sasaram Plain, an alluvial plain sloping gently downward toward the northeast. Its average height ranges from 72m above sea level in the north to 153m above sea level in the south. The plains cover all of Dinara, Dawath, Bikramganj, Nasriganj, Nokha, and Dehri Blocks, as well as parts of Sasaram, Sheosagar, and Rohtas Blocks. There are scattered woodlands in the east, in Sasaram Block. In the southern part of the district is the Rohtas Plateau, which is an eastern flank of the Vindhya plateau with an average elevation of 300m above sea level. It covers parts of Nauhatta, Rohtas, Sheosagar, Sasaram, and Chenari Blocks. This area is hilly, with occasional forests throughout. Several streams flow toward the north, including the Durgawati, the Bajari, the Koel, and the Sura. The Rohtas Plateau is less well suited for agriculture due to the uneven, rocky and gravelly soils as well as the forest cover. A variety of long grasses grow naturally on the plateau, including pear grass, kus, and khas khas. [4]
Throughout Rohtas district, the soils are generally classified as ustalfs, ochrepts, orthents, fluvents, and psamments. [4]
Rohtas district is divided into 19 community development blocks, which are grouped together into 3 sub-divisions based at Sasaram, Bikramganj, and Dehri, respectively. [4]
The 19 CD Blocks are as follows: [4]
There are 10 towns in Rohtas district, as follows: [4]
Town name | Class | Population (in 2011) |
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Koath | Nagar panchayat | 18,890 |
Bikramganj | Nagar panchayat | 48,465 |
Nasriganj | Nagar panchayat | 23,819 |
Nokha | Nagar panchayat | 27,302 |
Bhardua | Census town | 5,317 |
Chanari | Census town | 6,569 |
Sasaram | Nagar Nigam | 147,408 |
Dehri | Nagar parishad | 137,231 |
Saraiya | Census town | 8,260 |
Telkap | Census town | 4,504 |
Karagahar | Census town | 10,170 |
There are 246 gram panchayats in Rohtas district as of 2011. [4]
District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance | Remarks | ||
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Rohtas | 207 | Chenari | Murari Prasad Gautam | BJP | NDA | Switched from INC to BJP | ||
208 | Sasaram | Rajesh Kumar Gupta | RJD | MGB | ||||
209 | Kargahar | Santhosh Kumar Mishra | INC | MGB | ||||
210 | Dinara | Vijay Yadav | RJD | MGB | ||||
211 | Nokha | Anita Devi | RJD | MGB | ||||
212 | Dehri | Fateh Bahadur Singh | RJD | MGB | ||||
213 | Karakat | Arun Singh | CPI(ML)L | MGB |
Economy of the district is agriculture based. Rice, wheat and maize are the main crops. Rohtas is also called the "Rice bowl of Bihar". Until 1980, Dalmianagar was one of the major industrial cities in India. It had sugar, vegetable oil, cement, paper, and chemical factories but now they are closed. [8]
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Rohtas one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). [9] It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar have received funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). [9]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1901 | 606,016 | — |
1911 | 575,964 | −0.51% |
1921 | 560,894 | −0.26% |
1931 | 616,315 | +0.95% |
1941 | 719,901 | +1.57% |
1951 | 831,133 | +1.45% |
1961 | 1,024,133 | +2.11% |
1971 | 1,286,983 | +2.31% |
1981 | 1,583,280 | +2.09% |
1991 | 1,927,736 | +1.99% |
2001 | 2,464,243 | +2.49% |
2011 | 2,959,918 | +1.85% |
source: [10] |
According to the 2011 census Rohtas district has a population of 2,959,918, [12] roughly equal to the nation of Armenia [13] or the US state of Mississippi. [14] This gives it a ranking of 127th in India (out of a total of 640). [12] In Bihar, it is ranked 17th out of 38 in terms of population. [7] The district has a population density of 763 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,980/sq mi), ranking 34th out of 38 in Bihar (the state's density is 1,106 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,860/sq mi). [7] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 20.22%. [12] Rohtas has a sex ratio of 918 females for every 1000 males, which ranks 22nd out of 38 in Bihar (the state ratio is also 918). 14.45% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.57% and 1.07% of the population respectively. [7]
The literacy rate in Rohtas district was 73.37% as of 2011 which is highest among all 38 districts of Bihar. The literacy rate was higher for men than for women: 82.88% of men but only 62.97% of women in the district could read and write. Literacy also was higher in urban areas than rural ones. The highest literacy rate in Rohtas district could be found in the town and sub-district of Dehri - 77.70% of the district's total population, and 81.2% of the population of the town proper, was literate. The lowest literacy rate was in the entirely rural CD block of Nauhatta, where 63.07% of the population could read and write. [4]
A majority of the working population of Rohtas district was employed in agriculture in 2011, with 23.58% being cultivators who owned or rented their own land and 43.85% being agricultural laborers who worked someone else's land for wages. Another 5.25% of the district's workforce was employed in household industries, and all other forms of employment accounted for the remaining 27.33%. [4]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 87.67% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 7.47% Hindi and 4.39% Urdu as their first language. [15]
In 1982 Rohtas district became home to the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of 1,342 km2 (518.1 sq mi). [16]
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Bikramganj is a nagar parishad city and corresponding community development block of Rohtas district, Bihar, India. At the time of the 2011 census, the city of Bikramganj had a population of 48,465, in 7,968 households, while the overall subdistrict had a population of 163,565. The main commodities produced in Bikramganj are rice and pulses. The city of Bikramganj has a slum called Dhangai which, in 2011 had a population of 3,955 in 637 households. Bikramganj is located at 25.2°N 84.25°E. It has an average elevation of 77 metres (252 feet).
Nasriganj is a nagar panchayat town and corresponding community development block situated in Rohtas District of Bihar, India. Located on the banks of the Son River, the town was a vibrant economic hub in the late 19th century. The town of Nasriganj had a population of 23,819, according to the 2011 Census of India, while the total population of Nasriganj block was 115,117. Besides the town of Nasriganj itself, the block consisted of 53 villages, of which 50 were inhabited and 3 were uninhabited.
Nokha is a nagar panchayat town and corresponding community development block in Rohtas district in the Indian state of Bihar. As of 2011, the population of the town of Nokha was 27,302 in 4,381 households. The rural population of Nokha block was 146,025, thus bringing the total block population 173,327. The economic situation of this region is mainly dependent on parboiled rice processed by number of rice mills in this area.
Tilothu, also spelled Tilauthu or Tilothu, is a village and corresponding community development block in Rohtas district, Bihar, India. It is located 15 km from Dehri-on-Sone on the west bank of the Son River. As of 2011, the population of Tilouthu was 16,402, in 2,745 families, while the corresponding block population was 109,249.
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Dawath is a village and corresponding community development block in Rohtas district of Bihar state, India. The nearest city is the nagar panchayat town of Koath, which is administered as part of Dawath block.
Nauhatta is a village and corresponding community development block in Rohtas district of Bihar, India. As of 2011, the village of Nauhatta had a population of 5,103, in 909 households, while Nauhatta block had a population of 94,065, in 16,387 households. The nearest city is Dehri.
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Mississippi 2,967,297