Darbhanga
Darbhanga district profile
Darbhanga is one of the districts covered by PACS in Bihar. The district (area: 2,279 sq km) is a part of Darbhanga division and is bordered on the north by Madhubani district, on the south by Samastipur district, on the east by Saharsa district and on the west by the districts of Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur.
Darbhanga can be divided into four natural divisions: the eastern part consisting of Ghanshyampur, Biraul and Kusheshwarsthan blocks, regions lying south of the Burhi Gandak river, the doab between the Burhi Gandak and Baghmati rivers, and Sadar sub-division. The district has four major river systems: the Baghmati, Little Baghmati, Kamla and Tiljuga.
Darbhanga town is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Around 15% of the district’s population belongs to the scheduled castes. Muslims constitute 23% of the population.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 3,295,789 | |
| Male | 1,722,189 | |
| Female | 1,573,600 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 434,762 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 30.85% | |
| Rural | 3,028,441 (91.89%) | |
| Urban | 267,348 (8.11%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 914 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 511,125 (15.51%) | |
| ST population | 841 (0.03%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 44.33 | |
| Male | 56.72 | |
| Female | 30.78 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 2,543,284 | |
| Muslims | 748,971 | |
| Religion not stated | 2,245 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Darbhanga | 267,348 | |
| NA | NA | |
| NA | NA | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,083 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,083 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 409 | |
| Primary schools | 850 | |
| Medical facility | 271 | |
| Paved approach road | 494 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 28.5% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 72.1% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 15.2% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 45.8% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 64.8% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 431,861 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 665,300 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 176 | |
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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 2001http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-1013.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
