Bhojpur district, India

Bhojpur district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in northern India. Arrah town (also known as Ara) is the administrative headquarters of this district. Bhojpur district came into existence in 1972. Earlier it was the part of Shahabad district. This district is named "Bhojpur" after great Parmara King Bhoja as most early settlers were Rajput rulers of Parmara dynasty then called as Ujjainiya.[1][2]

Bhojpur district
District of Bihar
Arrah-Chhapra Bridge across the Ganga river.
Location of Bhojpur district in Bihar
Coordinates (Arrah): 25°46′N 84°52′E
CountryIndia
StateBihar
DivisionPatna
HeadquartersArrah
Tehsils
Government
 • District collectorRoshan Kushwaha (IAS)
 • Lok Sabha constituencies1 seat (Arrah)
 • Vidhan Sabha constituencies
Area
 • Total2,395 km2 (925 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,728,407
 • Density1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy70.47%
 • Sex ratio907
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationBR-03
Major highwaysNH-84, NH-30
Websitehttp://bhojpur.bih.nic.in

In the year 1972, Shahabad district was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur and Rohtas. Buxar was a subdivision of old Bhojpur district then. In 1992, Buxar became a separate district and presently the rest of Bhojpur district has now three sub-divisions – Ara Sadar, Jagdishpur and Piro.

Geography

Bhojpur district occupies an area of 2,395 square kilometres (925 sq mi),[3]

It is located at a longitude of 83° 45' to 84° 45' East and the latitude is 25° 10' to 25° 40' North and is situated at a height of 193 meters above sea level.

Economy

In 2006 the Indian government named Bhojpur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[4] It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[4]

Administration

Till 1972, Bhojpur was part of old Shahabad District. The present district of Bhojpur came into existence in 1972, when Shahabad district was bifurcated in two parts namely Bhojpur and Rohtas. From 1972 to 1992, Buxar was a sub-division of Bhojpur district only. Later in 1992 Buxar district got separated from Bhojpur district. Bhojpur falls under Patna division.

Presently Bhojpur district has three (3) Sub-Divisions ie Ara Sadar, Jagdishpur and Piro which is further divided into 14 Blocks[5] These 14 Blocks consists of 228 Gram Panchayats and 1,244 Villages.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Bhojpur district, Bihar has a population of 2,728,407,[6] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait[7] or the US state of Nevada.[8] This gives it a ranking of 145th in India (out of a total of 640).[6] The district has a population density of 1,136 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,940/sq mi) .[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 21.27%.[6] Bhojpur has a sex ratio of 907females for every 1000 males,[6] and a literacy rate of 72.79%.[6]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901641,566—    
1911609,751−0.51%
1921593,796−0.26%
1931652,468+0.95%
1941762,131+1.57%
1951879,888+1.45%
19611,021,109+1.50%
19711,230,052+1.88%
19811,490,714+1.94%
19911,792,771+1.86%
20012,243,144+2.27%
20112,728,407+1.98%
source:[9]

Religion
Religions in Bhojpur District
Religion Percent
Hindus
 
 92.30%
Muslims
 
 7.25%
Not Stated
 
 0.27%
Christian
 
 0.08%
Jain
 
 0.05%
Sikh
 
 0.02%
Buddhist
 
 0.02%

[10]

Languages

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 97.46% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 2.50% Urdu as their first language, though Bhojpuri Language is mostly spoken by all but after immersion of Bhojpuri Language as Hindi Dialect, they are counted as Hindi speakers.[11]

Languages include Bhojpuri, a language with almost 2,000,000 speakers, according to the study of 'Times of India Daily' written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts,[12] Hindi and Urdu.

Education

Colleges

Notable people

Freedom Fighters

Politics
  • Babu Jagjivan Ram, former Deputy Prime Minister of India, Defense Minister of India during 1971 India Pakistan war.
  • Meira Kumar, First woman speaker of the Lok Sabha. She was a Union Minister during UPA-I. She has also served as Indian ambassador to Spain and the UK.
  • Ram Subhag Singh, Union Minister for Food and Agriculture (1962-1964), Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (1967-1969), Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology (1967-1969), Union Minister of Railways (February,1969-4 November 1969). He was the leader of India's first Opposition in the Lok Sabha (1969-1970).
  • Bindeshwari Dubey, former Chief Minister of Bihar. He was Union minister for Law and Justice in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet
  • Anant Sharma, former Governor of the State of Punjab and the West Bengal. Union Minister in Government of India, for Ministries of Communications, Surface Transport, Shipping and Civil Aviation during Indira Gandhi's time.
  • Amarendra Pratap Singh, BJP politician.
  • Brahmeshwar Singh, was head of Ranvir Sena.
  • Shivanand Tiwari, politician.
  • Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for law.
  • Abdul Qaiyum Ansari, Freedom fighter, President of All India Momin conference through which he fought against Jinnah's two nation theory, former cabinet minister of Bihar for many years, member of parliament.

Prestigious Government Offices Holders

Academia & Literature

Television & Film Personalities

References
  1. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mCZFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT289&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
  2. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=QVA0JAzQJkYC&redir_esc=y
  3. 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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  4. Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  5. , Bhojpur District, Bihar.
  6. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  7. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 1 October 2011. Kuwait 2,595,62
  8. "2010 Resident Population Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Nevada 2,700,551
  9. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  10. "Bhojpur District : Census 2011 data".
  11. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
  12. M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bhojpuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 30 September 2011.

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