Kaimur district

Kaimur district was established on 17 March 1991 when it was split off from Rohtas district. It was called Bhabua district until 1994, when it was renamed to its current name.{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Bihar District Census Handbook – Kaimur, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=22–85|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/BiharA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=11 January 2021}}

The earliest evidence of human habitation in the district consists of rock paintings in the Lehda forest that date to around 20,000 years ago. In June 2012, erotic Pala sculptures were excavated in the village of Baidyanath.{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-13/patna/32213936_1_sculptures-oldest-functional-temple-kaimur-district |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506171211/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-13/patna/32213936_1_sculptures-oldest-functional-temple-kaimur-district |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 May 2013 |work=The Times of India |title=Erotic sculptures of Pala period discovered in Bihar village |date=13 June 2012}}

It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.{{cite web |url=http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2009/12/naxal-menace-83-districts-under.html |title=83 districts under the Security Related Expenditure Scheme |publisher=IntelliBriefs |date=11 December 2009 |access-date=17 September 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027115807/http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2009/12/naxal-menace-83-districts-under.html |archive-date=27 October 2011 }}

In the other side it is associated with belief of Hindus it is Penitential of Atri (Sanskrit: अत्रि) or Attri Rishi & one of the oldest temple in India of Maa Mundeshwari Temple which is the part of attraction of tourism.

Kaimur district occupies an area of {{convert|3362|km2|sqmi}},{{cite book | last1 = Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) | 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 1998 | publisher = United Nations Environment Program | quote = Vaygach Island3,329km2 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://archive.today/20151201081219/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | archive-date = 1 December 2015 }} Geographically, the district can be divided into two parts viz. (i) Hilly area and (ii) Plain area. The hilly area is Kaimur plateau (also known as Rohtas plateau). The plain area on the western side is flanked by the rivers Karmanasa and the Durgavati. The Kudra river lies on it eastern side. The district of Buxar of Bihar State and the district of Ghazipur of U.P. State bound it on the North. On the south is the district of Rohtas of Bihar State and on the West is the district of Chandauli and Mirzapur of the U.P. State. On the East is district of Rohtas of Bihar State.{{Cite web|title=About District {{!}} District Kaimur, Government of Bihar {{!}} India|url=https://kaimur.nic.in/about-district/|language=en-US|access-date=30 April 2020}}

Kaimur district has a large forest cover, measuring roughly {{formatnum:106300}} hectares which contains the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, home to tigers, leopards and chinkaras. Waterfalls like Karkat Waterfall and Telhar are present here.

• Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary Natural wildlife
• Mundeshwari Temple
• Karkat Waterfall
• Telhar Kund

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Agriculture is the main component of the economy in the district. Rice, wheat, telhan, dalhan and maize are the main crops. Industries located in the district include Vanaspati Oil Ltd., ACC Limited and the Power Grid Corporation of India's high voltage direct current (HVDC) grid station at Pusauli.

In 2006 the named Kaimur 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).The Mudeshwari Mata Temple have a very huge potential to be developed into a religious tourism hub.{{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 }}

Kaimur district is divided into 11 community development blocks, grouped together into 2 subdivisions, based at Bhabua and Mohania:{{cite web |title=Subdivision & Blocks |website=Kaimur (Bhabua) |publisher=National Informatics Centre |url=https://kaimur.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/ |access-date=7 July 2020}}

• Bhabua subdivision

1. Adhaura
2. Bhabua
3. Bhagwanpur
4. Chainpur
5. Chand
6. Rampur

• Mohania subdivision

1. Durgawati
2. Kudra
3. Mohania
4. Nuaon
5. Ramgarh

• Sarangpur{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Bihar District Census Handbook - Kaimur, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=600–711|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/BiharA.html |website=Census 2011 India|accessdate=2 February 2021}}

National Highway 19 (G.T. Road) crosses through Mohania Town, Pusauli and Kudra.

National Highway 319 (India) originates from Mohania and connects with the capital Patna via Arrah. Apart from these, there are also a few state highways in the city. Mohania is connected to Bauxar via Ramgarh from the south and with Bhabua (district capital, Adhaura, Bhagwanpur) from the south. The State Highway 14 connects Bhabua to Mohania.

Bhabua Road Railway Station is (Mohania Town) situated on Gaya–Mughalsarai section of Grand Chord Railway line. Bhabua (the district headquarters) is 14 km southward from the Bhabua Road railway station.

The famous Mundeshawari Devi Temple (the 'oldest functional' temple of world) is about 10 km south to Bhabua and about 25 km south to the railway station. If someone wants to visit the temple then he should arrive at Bhabua Road station first then he may take a direct bus to Mundeshawari Devi temple or may first take bus to Bhabua and then an auto/tempo to the temple.

The nearest airport is Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS) (Babatpur, Varanasi).

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=3,17,384|13=1911|14=3,01,646|15=1921|16=2,93,753|17=1931|18=3,22,778|19=1941|20=3,77,028|21=1951|22=4,35,283|23=1961|24=5,26,251|25=1971|26=6,56,905|27=1981|28=7,83,045|29=1991|30=9,72,949|31=2001|32=12,75,579|33=2011|34=16,26,384|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 Kaimur district has a population of 1,626,384,{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Kaimur |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/274/download/746/DH_2011_1031_PART_A_DCHB_KAIMUR_BHABUA.pdf |website=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau{{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 = Guinea-Bissau 1,596,677 July 2011 est. | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-date = 27 September 2011 }} or the US state of Idaho.{{cite web

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}} This gives it a ranking of 307th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of {{convert|488|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 27.54%. Kaimur has a sex ratio of 919 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 71.01%. 4.03% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 22.69% and 3.57% of the population respectively.

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At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 90.55% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 7.11% Hindi and 2.13% 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}}

• Gopal Prasad Sinha, Asia Best Neurologist Doctor, Padma Shri awardee in field of Medicine & Candidate from Patna Sahib in 2014 general election.
• Lalmuni Chaubey, Ex-Member of Parliament, Buxar
• Jagada Nand Singh, Ex-Member of Parliament, Buxar
• Mahabali Singh, Ex-Member of Parliament, Karakat
• Brij Kishor Bind, Former Minister in Sixth Nitish Kumar ministry
• Mohd Zama Khan, Minister in Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry.
• Manoj Tiwari, Singer & Member of Parliament North East Delhi
• Sudhakar Singh, RJD Member of Parliament Buxar
• Virendra Singh, Member of Parliament candidate Chandauli in the 2024 general election
• Manoj Tiwari, politician and actor-singer

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• [http://kaimur.bih.nic.in/ Official government website]
• [http://www.allaboutbihar.com/districts/kaimur/index.php Kaimur Information Portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430231915/http://www.allaboutbihar.com/districts/kaimur/index.php |date=30 April 2011 }}

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|North = Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh

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|Southwest = Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh

|West = Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh

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