Aurangabad district, Bihar

Aurangabad district occupies an area of {{convert|3389|km2|sqmi}},{{cite book | editor = Srivastava, Dayawanti | title = India 2010: A Reference Annual | chapter = States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government | edition = 54th | publisher = Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India | year = 2010 | location = New Delhi, India | pages = 1118–1119 | isbn = 978-81-230-1617-7}} comparatively equivalent to Russia's Vaygach Island.{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 11 October 2011 | date = 18 February 1997 | publisher = United Nations Environment Program | quote = Vaygach Island 3,329km2 | archive-date = 1 December 2015 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20151201081219/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | url-status = dead }} Aurangabad town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Aurangabad district is a part of Magadh division.

Aurangabad became a fully-fledged district when it was split from the Gaya district in 1972. Aurangabad celebrates its formation day on every 26 January .{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date =11 October 2011 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 25 September 2011 | work = Statoids}}

In 2006, the Indian government named Aurangabad one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). Cultivation of Strawberry have significantly contributed to the economy of the farmers of the district. Many farmers from the south and south-west blocks e.g. Amba, Nabinagar Block are growing straberries and are gaining good profits.

The Famous GI tag holder Magahi Paan is also grown by the Chaurasia community of some villages from Deo block.{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012}}

Since the independence of India, the Aurangabad Lok Sabha Constituency, which forms a part of Aurangabad district has elected Member of Parliament from Rajput caste only. This district has remained a hotbed of Dalit assertion as a part of Naxalite-Maoist insurgency. It has also witnessed caste wars between the Rajput landlords and Dalits, the latter were led in this struggle by the peasant castes like Koeri and Yadav.{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/end-of-a-dynasty-in-chittorgarh-of-bihar-728009.html|title=End of a dynasty in 'Chittorgarh of Bihar'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612163248/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/end-of-a-dynasty-in-chittorgarh-of-bihar-728009.html|archive-date=12 June 2022 |website=Deccan Herald|date=10 April 2019 |accessdate=12 June 2022}}

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,67,445|13=1911|14=4,89,924|15=1921|16=4,88,092|17=1931|18=5,41,490|19=1941|20=6,29,204|21=1951|22=6,96,115|23=1961|24=8,30,989|25=1971|26=10,16,094|27=1981|28=12,37,072|29=1991|30=15,39,988|31=2001|32=20,13,055|33=2011|34=25,40,073|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:{{cite web |title=Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/43343/download/47022/10%20A-2%20Bihar.pdf |website=census.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}|align=center}}

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According to the 2011 census Aurangabad district, Bihar has a population of 2,540,073,{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Aurangabad |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/252/download/658/DH_2011_1033_PART_A_DCHB_AURANGABAD.pdf |website=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Kuwait 2,595,62 | archive-date = 27 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead }} or the US state of Nevada.{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=30 September 2011 |quote=Nevada 2,700,551 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013}} This gives it a ranking of 172nd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of {{convert|760|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 24.75%. Aurangabad has a sex ratio of 916 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 72.77%. 9.32% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 24.10% and 0.04% of the population respectively.

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|label1 = Magahi |value1 = 69.69 |color1 = crimson

|label2 = Hindi |value2 = 24.68 |color2 = Orange

|label3 = Urdu |value3 = 5.17 |color3 = Green

|label4 = Others |value4 = 0.46 |color4 = grey

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At the time of the 2011 census, 69.69% of the population spoke Magahi, 24.68% Hindi and 5.17% Urdu as their first language.{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10196/download/13308/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1000.XLSX|website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}

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• Deo Surya Mandir
• Deo Fort
• Umga Sun Temple
• Biodiversity Park, Deo in Aurangabad district {{Cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/aurangabad/story-biodiversity-park-will-open-to-the-general-public-next-year-page-4-flyer-9060135.html|title=अगले साल आम लोगों के लिए खुल जाएगा जैव विविधता पार्क पेज 4 फ्लायर |work=Live Hindustan}}

• Barun, India town in Aurangabad District
• Daudnagar, A major town of Aurangabad district
• Deo, town in Aurangabad district
• Surkhi, a village in Aurangabad district

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• [https://aurangabad.bih.nic.in/ Aurangabad information portal]

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|Northeast = Arwal district

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|Southwest = Palamu district, Jharkhand

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|Northwest = Rohtas district

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