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Gopalganj district | |
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.JPG) Exterior ofThawe Mandir | |
 Location of Gopalganj district in Bihar | |
| Coordinates (Gopalganj, Bihar|Gopalganj):26°27′55″N84°26′30″E / 26.4654°N 84.4416°E /26.4654; 84.4416 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Bihar |
| Division | Saran |
| Headquarters | Gopalganj |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Gopalganj |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Baikunthpur,Barauli,Gopalganj,Kuchaikote,Bhore,Hathua |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,033 km2 (785 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 26th in the state of Bihar |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,562,012 |
| • Density | 1,260/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 65.47% |
| • Sex ratio | 1021 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | BR-28 |
| Major highways | NH-28 |
| Website | gopalganj |
Gopalganj district is one of the administrative districts in the Indian state ofBihar. The district headquarters is the town ofGopalganj, and the district is part ofSaran Division.[1] Major languages spoken areHindi andBhojpuri. Gopalganj located in west Bihar.
Gopalganj district, India occupies an area of 2,033 square kilometres (785 sq mi),[2] comparatively equivalent to Spain'sTenerife Island.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 628,381 | — |
| 1911 | 597,141 | −0.51% |
| 1921 | 610,307 | +0.22% |
| 1931 | 648,526 | +0.61% |
| 1941 | 746,012 | +1.41% |
| 1951 | 822,854 | +0.99% |
| 1961 | 926,736 | +1.20% |
| 1971 | 1,107,464 | +1.80% |
| 1981 | 1,362,123 | +2.09% |
| 1991 | 1,704,310 | +2.27% |
| 2001 | 2,152,638 | +2.36% |
| 2011 | 2,562,012 | +1.76% |
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| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 82.72% | |||
| Islam | 17.02% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.26% | |||
According to the2011 census Gopalganj district, India had apopulation of 2,562,012,[6] roughly equal to the nation ofKuwait[7] or the US state ofNevada.[8] 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 of640).[6] Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 449,530 which is 17.54% of total population of Gopalganj district.[6] The district had a population density of 1,260 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,300/sq mi).[6] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.02%.[6] Gopalganj had aliteracy rate of 65.47% andsex ratio of 1021females for every 1000 males, Gopalganj ranks first in terms of sex-ratio (1,021) against the state's 918. 6.35% of the population lives in urban areas. TheScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 320,064 (12.49%) and 60,807 (2.37%) respectively. Gopalganj district had 411,930 households in 2011.[6]
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 96.09% of the population in the district spokeBhojpuri, 1.85%Hindi and 1.76%Urdu as their first language.[10]
Based on the 2011 census:
| District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance | Remarks | ||
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| Gopalganj | 99 | Baikunthpur | Mithlesh Tiwari | BJP | NDA | |||
| 100 | Barauli | Manjeet Kumar Singh | JD(U) | |||||
| 101 | Gopalganj | Subhash Singh | BJP | |||||
| 102 | Kuchaikote | Amrendra Kumar Pandey | JD(U) | |||||
| 103 | Bhore (SC) | Sunil Kumar | ||||||
| 104 | Hathua | Ramsewak Singh Kushwaha | ||||||
Gopalganj is divided into 2 sub-divisions, 14 Blocks, 4municipalities[14] and 234Gram Panchayats (village councils).
| Subdivision | CD Block | Hindi name | Area (KM2) | Population (2011) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 14 | १४ | 2,033 | 2,562,012 |
| Gopalganj | Baikunthpur | बैकुंठपुर | 204.11 | 217,165 |
| Barauli | बरौली | 184.38 | 263,876 | |
| Gopalganj | गोपालगंज | 195.47 | 219,527 | |
| Kuchaikote | कुचायकोट | 251.43 | 332,041 | |
| Manjha | मांझा | 141.47 | 199,452 | |
| Thawe | थावे | 69.99 | 116,106 | |
| Sidhwaliya | सिधवलिया | 120.13 | 141,563 | |
| Hathua | Bhorey | भोरे | 147.73 | 178,199 |
| Hathua | हथुआ | 146.65 | 221,804 | |
| Kateya | कटेया | 126.17 | 130,830 | |
| Panchdewari | पंचदेवरी | 92.82 | 99,933 | |
| Phulwariya | फुलवरिया | 95.56 | 130,801 | |
| Uchkagaon | ऊँचकागांव | 113.29 | 177,677 | |
| Vijayipur | विजयीपुर | 130.40 | 133,038 |
There are 4 urban areas in Gopalganj district. 3Nagar Panchayat and 1Nagar Parishad. AlthoughHathua is also an urban area categorized asCensus town but not counted as municipality.
| Urban council | Council's type | Hindi name | part of (Block) | Area (KM²) | Population (2011) |
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| Gopalganj | Nagar Parishad | गोपालगंज | Gopalganj | 11.11 | 67,339 |
| Kataiya | Nagar Panchayat | कटैया | Kataiya | 12.06 | 20,193 |
| Mirganj | Nagar Parishad | मीरगंज | Unchkagaon | 5.48 | 26,240 |
| Barauli | Nagar Parishad | बरौली | Barauli | 22.21 | 41877 |
There are 234Gram Panchayats in Gopalganj district grouped into 14 blocks. There are a total of 1566 villages in Gopalganj District. There are 169 uninhabited villages (out of 1,566 total villages) in the district of Gopalganj.[15]
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 theCentral Board for Secondary Education (CBSE), or the Bihar School Examination Board.[17] English is the medium of instruction in most private schools; though government run schools offer both English and Hindi. TheSainik School prepares boys for entry into the National Defence Academy. After completing their secondary education, which involves ten years of schooling, students typically enroll atHigher Secondary School in one of the three streams—Arts,Commerce orScience. Imperial Public School (located in Hathwa) and DAV Thawe are the two best CBSE affiliated Schools along with Sainik School, providing quality education upto higher secondary level.One Government Engineering collegeAnd two Government polytechnic colleges started recently.Government teacher training college, para medical college and Govt ITI colleges setup recently.The Bihar Government announce that the new medical college and hospital will be located in Gopalganj.
Gopalganj district is famous for sugar industries. Now three Sugar factories are in running position situated in Sasamusa, Gopalganj City and Sidhwaliya.Two grain and sugar cane based ethanol plants recently started their production. Many rice mills, milk packaging plants, mustard oil plants, flour mills, cattle seeds plants, ply factory, egg layer firms, cement bricks plants and many more small scale industries are operational in district.Maximum people depends on agriculture mainly paddy, wheat, sugarcane and vegetables.Government has allotted industrial area in Gopalganj districts in which many factories are coming in next coming years.Gopalganj is at the top in Bihar and ranked among the ten highest districts in India among foreign exchanged currency because many people go to the Gulf countries through the district such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait and Yemen.Gopalganj is among top ten in per capita income in 38 Districts of Bihar, ranked 7 last year ranked by Niti Ayog.
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), Tamkuhi Road and Gopalganj railway station.Now Thawe to Lucknow,thawe to taranagar and thawe to patna,thawe to gorakhapur train started.
Sabeya Airport,Jay Prakash Narayan AirportPatna andMahayogi Gorakhnath Airport,Gorakhpur are the nearest commercial airports.Sabeya Airport is now included in the government UDAN scheme. Preliminary paperwork and mapping of the airport area have begun, and boundary identification will soon start.
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Kuwait 2,595,62
Nevada 2,700,551
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