Jehanabad district
| Jehanabad district जहानाबाद जिला |
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 Location of Jehanabad district in Bihar |
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| State | Bihar, India |
| Administrative division | Magadh |
| Headquarters | Jehanabad |
| Area | 1,569 km2 (606 sq mi) |
| Population | 924,839 (2001) |
| Urban population | 111,612 |
| Literacy | 57.5 per cent[1] |
| Sex ratio | 918[2] |
| Lok Sabha Constituencies | Jahanabad |
| Major highways | NH 83 |
| Average annual precipitation | 1074 mm |
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Jehanabad district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Jehanabad town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Jehanabad district is a part of Magadh Division. This district is 45km from Patna, the capital of Bihar.
Jehanabad is located on the confluence of two small rivers called Dardha and Yamunaiya. It is the heartland of Magadha and the local dialect is called Magahi. The district has been in the national news mostly for the news related to Naxalite violence. The area is however developing now and the services sector is gaining ground in the district.
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[edit] History
The territory of the present-day district became Jehanabad sub-division of Gaya district in 1872. The district came into existence on 1 August 1986.
The Barabar Caves are located in the Jehanabad District. They are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, mostly dating from the Mauryan period (322–185 BCE), and some with Ashokan inscriptions.
It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.[3]
Jehanabad is named after Jahanara Begum Sahib. She was daughter of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and Arjumand Banu Begum. She was born on 16 September 1681.
[edit] Geography
Jehanabad district occupies an area of 932 square kilometres (360 sq mi),[4] comparatively equivalent to Mexico's Isla Ángel de la Guarda.[5].
The region is rich for cultivating cereals and vegetables. There are two seasons, hot and dry, and rainy.
[edit] Economy
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Jehanabad one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[6] It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[6]
[edit] Divisions
The district comprises only one sub-division, Jehanbad, which is further divided into seven blocks: Jehanabad, Kako, Modananj, Ghosi, Hulasganj, Makhdumpur, and Ratni Faridpur.
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2011 census Jehanabad district has a population of 1,124,176,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus[7] or the US state of Rhode Island.[8] This gives it a ranking of 412th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 1,206 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,120 /sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.34 %.[2] Jehanabad has a sex ratio of 918 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 68.27 %.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "83 districts under the Security Related Expenditure Scheme". IntelliBriefs. 2009-12-11. http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2009/12/naxal-menace-83-districts-under.html. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ 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. "Isla Ángel de la Guarda 931km2"
- ^ 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.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Cyprus 1,120,489 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. "Rhode Island 1,052,567"
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Coordinates: 24°45′N 85°00′E / 24.75°N 85°E
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