Bhagalpur district is one of the thirty-eight districts

Districts of Bihar

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 of Bihar

Bihar

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 state

States and territories of India

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, India

India

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, and Bhagalpur

Bhagalpur

Bhagdattpuram was one of the most influential towns in "Aryavarta" . It is supposed to have been concurrent to Patliputra or Patna. Bhagdattpuram finds its mention in the Vedas and Ramayana as well. It is supposed to be the kingdom of Daanvir Karna, the son of Kunti and the Sun God...

 town is the administrative headquarters of this district.

Geography

Bhagalpur district occupies an area of 2569 square kilometres (991.9 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Indonesia

Indonesia

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's Obira. Bhagalpur district is a part of Bhagalpur Division

Bhagalpur Division

Bhagalpur division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India, with Bhagalpur as the administrative headquarters of the division. , the division consists of Bhagalpur District, and Banka District.-See also:...

. The river Ganga flows through the district.

Economy

In 2006 the Indian government named Bhagalpur one of the country's 250 most backward districts

Poverty in India

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 (out of a total of 640

Districts of India

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). It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Divisions

Sub Divisions

• Bhagalpur
  Bhagalpur
  Bhagdattpuram was one of the most influential towns in "Aryavarta" . It is supposed to have been concurrent to Patliputra or Patna. Bhagdattpuram finds its mention in the Vedas and Ramayana as well. It is supposed to be the kingdom of Daanvir Karna, the son of Kunti and the Sun God...
  
  
• Kahalgaon
• Naugachia

Blocks

• Pirpainti
• Kahalgoan\Sanhaula
• Sabour
• Nathnagar
• Jagdishpur
• Sultanganj
• Sahkund
• Bihpur
• Naugachia
• Gopalpur
• Kharik
• Narayanpur
• Gauradih
• Ismailpur
• Rangrachowk

Demographics

According to the 2011 census

2011 census of India

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 Bhagalpur district has a population

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 of 3,032,226, roughly equal to the nation of Oman

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 or the US state of Iowa

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. This gives it a ranking of 120th in India (out of a total of 640

Districts of India

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). The district has a population density of 1180 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate

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 over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.13 %. Bhagalpur has a sex ratio

Sex ratio

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 of 879 females

Women in India

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 for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate

Literacy in India

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 of 64.96 %.

The district has an area of 2,570 km², and a total population of 2,423,172, of which 1,990,976 (82%) are Hindu and 423,246 Muslim (17%).

Languages

Languages used in the district include Angika

Angika language

Angika is an Indo-Iranian language of the Anga region of India, a 58,000 km² area approx. that falls within the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal....

, an Indo-Aryan

Indo-Aryan languages

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 language written in the Devanagari script and spoken by at least 725 000 people in the Angika Region

Angika Region

Angika region comprises the following districts in the eastern part of India.Eastern & North-Eastern BiharNorth-Eastern JharkhandNorth-central West BengalAngika is the mother-tongue of people of this area and is closely related to Bangla language....

.

Flora and fauna

In 1990 Bhagalpur district became home to the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Wildlife Sanctuary, which is 0.5 km (0.310686368324903 mi) in length.

Education

Schools

• St. Joseph's School (ICSE Board - from L.K.G. to Class 12)
• Mount Assisi School (ICSE Board - from Nursery to Class 12)
• Mount Carmel School (ICSE Board - from Nursery to Class 12)
• St. Teresa's School (ICSE Board - from Nursery to Class 12)
• Delhi Public School, Bhagalpur (CBSE Board)
• Holy Family School(ICSE Board - from L.K.G. to Class 10)
• Ganpat Rai Salarpuria Saraswati Vidya Mandir (CBSE Board - from L.K.G. to Class 12)
• St. Andrew's School (CBSE Board)
• SKP Vidya Vihar (CBSE Board)
• Aryabhatt Public School (CBSE Board up to Class 12)
• Navyug Vidyalaya (CBSE Board up to Class 12)
• CMS School (CBSE Board up to Class 12)
• Vector Academy (for Class 11 and 12)
• Techno Mission (for Class 11 and 12)

" Professional Institution" :---
NEC Institute of Management & Technology (for MBA, MCA, M.Sc.-IT, BBA,BCA & Other Courses)

External links

• Bhagalpur Information Portal