Begusarai
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| ?Begusarai Bihar • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
1,879.655 km² (726 sq mi) • 41 m (135 ft) |
| District(s) | Begusarai |
| Population • Density • Sex ratio |
2,342,989 (2001) • 1,222 /km² (3,165 /sq mi) • 0.9109 |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Codes • Telephone |
• +06243 |
| Website: http://begusarai.bih.nic.in/ | |
Coordinates: Begusarai is a city and a municipality in Begusarai district in the state of Bihar, India.
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[edit] Geography
Begusarai is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 41 metres (134 feet).
[edit] Demographics
The 2001 census count placed the Begusarai population at 23,42,989 as on the first of March. The population has grown at an annual average rate of 2.9%. There are many stages in the demographic transition beginning with a declining mortality and continuing fertility to a stage where both mortality and fertility rates decline more or less at the same rate and keep the population stable over a period of time.
Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Begusarai has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 59% of the males and 41% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Administrative
| Administrative Division | |
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| No. of Sub-Division | 5 |
| No. of Blocks | 18 |
| No. of Panchayats | 257 |
| *No. of Revenue Villages | 1229 |
| *No. of Habitations | 1198 |
[edit] Relevance
Begusarai is known as the Industrial Town of Bihar. There are many Ancillary Industries here. The three main Industries being IOCL's Barauni Refinery, Barauni Thermal Power Station and Hindustan Fertilizers Ltd.
[edit] Transport
Barauni Junction is an important Railhead.
[edit] Culture
The famous Hindi Poet Dinker belonged to Begusarai
[edit] Profile
| Type | Area (Hectare) |
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| Total irrigated land | 74,225.57 |
| Forest | Nil |
| Orch. etc. | 5,000 |
| Kharif Paddy | 22,000 |
| Garma Paddy | 10,000 |
| Wheat | 61,000 |
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| Wasteland and non arable | 2,118 |
Natural Water sources : Begusarai district is located in the middle Ganga plain. Main rivers are Burhi Gandak, Balan, Bainty, Baya and Chandrabhaga.
Kaver Jheel: Kaver Jheel one of the Asia’s largest fresh water lake, also famous for Bird’s sanctuary.
Minerals : No minerals of economic importance
Irrigation : Mostly by Tubwells
Forest : This district does not comprise of any forest. In contrast to the eastern portions of the old district of Munger, this district lying south to the Ganga does not comprise of any forest of sal and other large trees. At most of the places, there are gardens of mango and litchi. Chakmuzaffar a village of Naokothi block is famous for banana. Apart from these, Babul, Neem, Guava, Lemon, Gamahar, Peepal, Bamboo, shirish are also found. Shisham is one of the most important ones of them.
Wild animals are scarcely found in this district. However, birds are seen in large numbers in various colours, particularly in the bird sanctuary of Kaver Lake. As of now 59 types of birds from abroad and 107 types of birds from home have been recognized.
Begusarai District Profile [1]
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