Sheikhpura district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of
Bihar
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...
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Sheikhpura
Sheikhpura is a town and a municipality in Sheikhpura district in the Indian state of Bihar. Sheikhpura is also an administrative headquarter of Sheikhpura district.
Postal code
PIN code of Sheikhpura post office is 811105.
Postal code for ...
is the administrative headquarter of this district. Sheikhpura district is a part of the
Munger division
Munger division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Munger is the administrative headquarters of the division. The division consists of Munger district, Jamui district, Khagaria district, Begusarai district and Sheikhp ...
. Sheikhpura was split from the
Munger district
Munger district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India. Munger city is the administrative headquarters of this district. Munger district is a part of Munger Division. Its literacy rate of 73.3% is higher than the st ...
into a separate district with headquarters in Sheikhpura on 31 July 1994 by Rajo Singh. As of 2011 it was the least populous district of Bihar (out of 38).
Geography
The Sheikhpura district occupies an area of , comparatively equivalent to the
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Economy
Shekhpura is one of the smallest districts of Bihar. The population of Shekhpura primarily depends on agriculture. Small-scale mining operations of smaller hillocks with crushers is another of the main activities. In 2006 the
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is a branch of the Government of India. Ministry of Panchayati Raj looks into all matters relating to the Panchayati Raj and Panchayati Raj Institutions. It was created in May 2004. The ministry is headed by a ...
named Sheikhpura one of the country's 250 most-impoverished districts. It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.
Politics
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Sheikhpura district had a population of 636,342, giving it a ranking of 516th in India. The district had a population density of . Its
population growth rate
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over the decade 2001–2011 was 20.82%. Sheikhpura had a
sex ratio
The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species d ...
of 926
females
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Females ...
for every 1000 males, and a
literacy rate
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of 65.96%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 20.60% and 0.10% of the population respectively.
Languages
At the time of the 2011 census, 56.90% of the population in the district spoke
Hindi
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, 38.17%
Magahi
The Magahi language (), also known as Magadhi (), is a language spoken in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal states of eastern India, and in the Terai of Nepal. Magadhi Prakrit was the ancestor of Magahi, from which the latter's name derives. ...