Gopalganj is one of the administrative districts in 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 ...
. The district headquarters is the town of
Gopalganj
Gopalganj may refer to:
Bangladesh
*Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, a district of Dhaka Division
** Gopalganj, Bangladesh, a town and headquarter of Gopalganj district
** Gopalganj Sadar Upazila, an upazila of Gopalganj District
** Gopalganj-1, a ...
, and the district is part of Saran Division. Major language spoken is
Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries , Oxford U ...
.
Geography
Gopalganj district, India occupies an area of , comparatively equivalent to Spain's
Tenerife Island
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.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Gopalganj district, India had a
population
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of 2,562,012, roughly equal to the nation of
Kuwait
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or the US state of
Nevada
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. of which 1,267,666 are males while 1,294,346 are females. This gives it a ranking of 163rd in India (out of a total of 640). Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 449,530 which is 17.54% of total population of Gopalganj district. The district had a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.02%. Gopalganj had a
literacy rate
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of 65.47% and
sex ratio
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of 1021
females
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Females ...
for every 1000 males, Gopalganj ranks first in terms of sex-ratio (1,021) against the state's 918. The
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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population was 320,064 (12.49%) and 60,807 (2.37%) respectively. Gopalganj district had 411,930 households in 2011.
At the time of 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. Informatio ...
, 96.09% of the population in the district spoke
Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries , Oxford U ...
, 1.85%
Hindi
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and 1.76%
Urdu
Urdu (;"Urdu" '' 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue /ref>
Based on the 2011 census:
* Population: 2,562,012 (2.62% of the state)
* Density of population: 1260
* Men: 1,267,666 (49.48%)
* Women: 1,294,346 (50.52%)
* Urban population: 162,805 (6.35%)
* Rural population: 2,399,207 (93.65%)
* % of Scheduled castes: 12.49%
* % of Scheduled tribes: 2.37%
Politics
Administrative Division
Gopalganj is divided into 2 sub-divisions, 14 Blocks, 4
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
and 234
Gram Panchayats
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(village councils).
Urban councils
There are 4 urban area in Gopalganj district. 3
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...
Census town
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India
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but not counted as municipality.
Village councils
There are 234
Gram Panchayats
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in Gopalganj district grouped into 14 blocks. There are total 1566 villages in Gopalganj District. There are 169 uninhabited villages (out of 1,566 total villages) in the district of Gopalganj.
Initially, Gopalganj had little to offer in terms of good quality education to its residents. Presently Schools and colleges in the city are either run by the government or by private trusts and individuals. The schools are each affiliated with either the
Central Board for Secondary Education
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board ...
(CBSE), or the Bihar School Examination Board. English is the medium of instruction in most private schools; though government run schools offer both English and Hindi. The Sainik School prepares boys for entry into the National Defence Academy. After completing their secondary education, which involves ten years of schooling, students typically enroll at Higher Secondary School in one of the three streams—
Arts
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,
Commerce
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or
Science
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Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence ...
.
Economy
In 2006 the
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
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named Gopalganj one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).
Transport
NH 28 passes through Gopalganj one can find the multiple buses for commuting in state and other state.
Siwan Junction railway station is the main railway station for Gopalganj. Thawe station also serves local passenger other small station: Hathua Road, Sasamusa, Sipaya-(Serves Kuchaikote, Khutwania, Dubey Khariya, Vinod Khariya and nearby Villages), and Tamkuhi Road.
Sabeya Airport,
Jay Prakash Narayan Airport
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Patna
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), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...
Gorakhpur
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Indian National Congress
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, freedom fighter, former Union-Minister and Former Governor of Kerala, and freedom fighter, first Women to attain master's degree from Bihar and the first woman from Bihar to become Governor
*
Abdul Ghafoor ʻAbd al-Ghaffār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الغفار) is a male Muslim given name, and, in modern usage, surname, built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and '' al-Ghaffār'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to t ...
, former Chief Minister of Bihar, 1973 to 1975
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Lalu Prasad Yadav
Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009), and a former Member of Parliam ...
, former Chief Minister of Bihar and former Rail Minister of India
*
Rabri Devi
Rabri Devi Yadav (born 1 January 1955) is an Indian politician who formerly served three terms as the Chief Minister of Bihar, the first and only woman till date to have held the office. She is a Member of Bihar Legislative Council (MLC), and ...
, thrice Chief Minister of Bihar, wife of Laloo Prasad Yadav
* U. K. Sinha, Chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India
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Anurag Kumar
Anurag Kumar (Born Gopalganj, Bihar) was the Director of the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore, India from 2014–2020. He is a professor at the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, and has served as the Chairperson of the ...