Saran
Saran district profile
Saran (area: 2,641 sq km) is one of the districts covered by PACS in Bihar.
It is a part of Saran division and is also known as Chapra district after its headquarters, Chapra. Sub-divisions are Chapra, Marhawrah and Sonepur. Saran district is bordered by the districts of Siwan and Gopalganj in the north; the Ganga constitutes its southern boundary, beyond which lie the districts of Bhojpur and Patna.
The river Gandak forms the dividing line between Vaishali and Muzaffarpur districts in the east, and in the west is the district of Siwan and Uttar Pradesh’s Balia district. Three rivers, namely the Ganga, Ghaghra and Gandak, encircle the district in the south, northeast and west respectively. The district is entirely constituted of plains but there are quite a few depressions and marshes which cause the formation of three broad natural divisions.
Around 12% of the population of Saran district belongs to the scheduled castes. Muslims constitute around 10% of the population.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 2,714,349 | |
| Male | 1,336,283 | |
| Female | 1,378,066 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 357,430 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 24.78% | |
| Rural | 2,564,860 (94.49%) | |
| Urban | 149,489 (5.51%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 1,031 | |
| Household size (per household) | 7 | |
| SC population | 309,013 (11.38%) | |
| ST population | 13,822 (0.51%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 51.65 | |
| Male | 67.26 | |
| Female | 36.88 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 2,218,632 | |
| Muslims | 494,176 | |
| Religion not stated | 899 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Siwan | 109,919 | |
| Maharajganj | 20,860 | |
| Mairwa | 18,710 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,438 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,437 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 330 | |
| Primary schools | 1,119 | |
| Medical facility | 254 | |
| Paved approach road | 560 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 33.3% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 84.3% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 33.4% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 51.8% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 72.7% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 310,018 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 619 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 0 | |
Our CSO partners in Saran:
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-1017.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
