Gopalganj district, India

Gopalganj district
District of Bihar
Exterior of Thawe Mandir
Exterior of Thawe Mandir
Location of Gopalganj district in Bihar
Location of Gopalganj district in Bihar
Coordinates (Gopalganj, Bihar|Gopalganj): 26°27′55″N 84°26′30″E / 26.4654°N 84.4416°E / 26.4654; 84.4416
Country India
State Bihar
DivisionSaran
HeadquartersGopalganj
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesGopalganj
 • Vidhan Sabha constituenciesBaikunthpur, Barauli, Gopalganj, Kuchaikote, Bhore, Hathua
Area
 • Total
2,033 km2 (785 sq mi)
 • Rank26th in the state of Bihar
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
2,562,012
 • Density1,260/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy65.47%
 • Sex ratio1021
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationBR-28
Major highwaysNH-28
Websitegopalganj.nic.in

Gopalganj is one of the administrative districts in the Indian state of Bihar. The district headquarters is the town of Gopalganj, and the district is part of Saran Division.[1] Major languages spoken are Hindi and Bhojpuri.

Geography

Gopalganj district, India occupies an area of 2,033 square kilometres (785 sq mi),[2] comparatively equivalent to Spain's Tenerife Island.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901628,381—    
1911597,141−0.51%
1921610,307+0.22%
1931648,526+0.61%
1941746,012+1.41%
1951822,854+0.99%
1961926,736+1.20%
19711,107,464+1.80%
19811,362,123+2.09%
19911,704,310+2.27%
20012,152,638+2.36%
20112,562,012+1.76%
source:[4]
Religions in Gopalganj district (2011)[5]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 82.72%
Islam
 
 17.02%
Other or not stated
 
 0.26%

According to the 2011 census Gopalganj district, India had a population of 2,562,012,[6] roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait[7] or the US state of Nevada.[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 of 640).[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] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.02%.[6] Gopalganj had a literacy rate of 65.47% and sex ratio of 1021 females 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. The Scheduled 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]

<div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;

Languages of Gopalganj district (2011)[9]

  Bhojpuri (96.09%)
  Hindi (1.85%)
  Urdu (1.76%)
  Others (0.30%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 96.09% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 1.85% Hindi and 1.76% Urdu as their first language.[10]

Based on the 2011 census:

  • Population: 2,562,012 (2.62% of the state)[11]
  • Density of population: 1260
  • Men: 1,267,666 (49.48%)[12]
  • Women: 1,294,346 (50.52%)
  • Urban population: 162,805 (6.35%)
  • Rural population: 2,399,207 (93.65%)
  • % of Scheduled castes: 12.49%[13]
  • % of Scheduled tribes: 2.37%[13]

Politics

This section is transcluded from 17th Bihar Assembly. (edit | history)
District No. Constituency Name Party Alliance Remarks
Gopalganj 99 Baikunthpur Prem Shankar Yadav RJD MGB
100 Barauli Rampravesh Rai BJP NDA
101 Gopalganj Subhash Singh BJP NDA Death of Subhash Singh[14]
Kusum Devi Won in 2022 bypoll
102 Kuchaikote Amrendra Kumar Pandey JD(U) NDA
103 Bhore Sunil Kumar JD(U) NDA
104 Hathua Rajesh Kumar Singh RJD MGB

Administrative Division

Gopalganj is divided into 2 sub-divisions, 14 Blocks, 4 municipalities[15] and 234 Gram 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

Urban councils

There are 4 urban areas in Gopalganj district. 3 Nagar Panchayat and 1 Nagar Parishad. Although Hathua is also an urban area categorized as Census town but not counted as municipality.

Urban council Council's type Hindi name part of (Block) Area (KM²) Population (2011)
Gopalganj Nagar Parishad गोपालगंज Gopalganj 11.11 67,339
Kataiya Nagar Panchayat कटैया Kataiya 12.06 20,193
Mirganj Nagar Panchayat मीरगंज Unchkagaon 5.48 26,240
Barauli Nagar Panchayat बरौली Barauli 22.21 41877

Village councils

There are 234 Gram 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.[16]

Constituencies

Vidhan Sabha Constituencies

  1. Baikunthpur[17]
  2. Barauli
  3. Gopalganj
  4. Kuchaikote
  5. Bhore
  6. Hathua

Lok Sabha constituencies

  1. Gopalganj

Education

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 the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE), or the Bihar School Examination Board.[18] English is the medium of instruction in most private schools; though government run schools offer both English and Hindi. The Sainik School prepares boys for entry into the National Defence Academy. After completing their secondary education, which involves ten years of schooling, students typically enroll at Higher Secondary School in one of the three streams—Arts, Commerce or Science.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 college And 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.

Economy

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.

Transport

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 Airport Patna and Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport, Gorakhpur are the nearest commercial airports. Sabeya Airport is now including in government UDAN scheme. Some preliminary paperwork and mapping of the airport area has started, and boundary identification will start.

Notable people

and renowned Politician.He was MLA from Barauni constituency in 1962

References

  1. ^ "Welcome GOPALGANJ". Gopalganj.bih.nic.in. 2011-07-21. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
  2. ^ Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) (2010). "States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government". India 2010: A Reference Annual (54th ed.). New Delhi, India: Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India. pp. 1118–1119. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 1998-02-18. Retrieved 2011-10-11. Tenerife2,034km2
  4. ^ "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  5. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Gopalganj" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  7. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Kuwait 2,595,62
  8. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Nevada 2,700,551
  9. ^ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
  10. ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
  11. ^ "Gopalganj District At a Glance". Gopalganj.bih.nic.in. 2011-07-21. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  12. ^ Page 23 (2011). "Census" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ a b Page 24 (2011). "Census" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Bihar BJP MLA Subhash Singh passes away". The Hindu. PTI. 2022-08-16. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  15. ^ "Municipalities | Website of Gopalganj District | India". Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  16. ^ "Demography | Website of Gopalganj District | India". Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  17. ^ "Constituencies | Website of Gopalganj District | India". Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  18. ^ "Bihar School Examination Board". Biharboard.bih.nic.in. 2010-12-03. Archived from the original on 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2012-08-24.