Bhojpur
Bhojpur district profile
Bhojpur is one of the districts covered by PACS in Bihar. The district (area: 2,474 sq km) is located at a height of 579 feet above sea level. Arrah town (also known as Ara) is its administrative headquarters.
The present district of Bhojpur came into existence in 1992; it was earlier part of the erstwhile Shahabad district.
The district is bordered on the north by Saran district of Bihar and Balia district of Uttar Pradesh; on the south by Rohtas district; on the west by the district of Buxar; and on the east by the districts of Patna, Jehanabad and Arwal.
Bhojpur district consists of three sub-divisions: Ara Sadar, Jagdishpur and Piro, comprising 14 development blocks. The entire strip of land between the Ganga on the north and the main line of the Eastern Railways on the south is extremely fertile and is considered to be the best wheat-growing area in Bihar.
The Ganga forms the northern boundary of Bhojpur district. The Sone is another important river here.
Around 15% of the population of this district belongs to the scheduled castes. Muslims constitute around 7% of the population.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 2,243,144 | |
| Male | 1,179,611 | |
| Female | 1,063,533 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 270,812 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 24.58% | |
| Rural | 1,930,730 (86.07%) | |
| Urban | 312,414 (13.93%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 902 | |
| Household size (per household) | 7 | |
| SC population | 343,598 (15.32%) | |
| ST population | 8,337 (0.37%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 58.96 | |
| Male | 74.29 | |
| Female | 41.80 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 2,076,589 | |
| Muslims | 163,193 | |
| Religion not stated | 913 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Arrah | 203,380 | |
| Jagdishpur | 28,085 | |
| Piro | 25,811 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 999 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 998 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 229 | |
| Primary schools | 885 | |
| Medical facility | 133 | |
| Paved approach road | 465 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 18.4% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 39.3% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 40.5% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 33.3% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 52.2% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 228,984 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | NA | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 0 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 3, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Census of India 2001 http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-1029.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Bihar. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 3, 2010
