Rohtas district

Rohtas district was created in 1972, when the former Shahabad district was divided in two. It corresponded to the former district's sub-divisions of Sasaram and Bhabua. In 1991, Bhabua was split off as a separate district, which was renamed Kaimur district in 1994.{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Bihar District Census Handbook - Rohtas, Part A (Village and Town Directory) |pages=19, 25–28, 44, 47–48, 51, 58, 60, 94 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/BiharA.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=13 April 2020}}

The district is 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=2009-12-11 |access-date=2011-09-17 |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=2011-10-27 }}

Rohtas district occupies an area of {{convert|3851|km2|sqmi}}.{{cite book | editor-last1 = Srivastava | editor-first1=Dayawanti | display-editors=etal | 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}} This makes it the 4th-largest district in Bihar.

Rohtas district can be divided into two major natural areas. In the north and northeast is the Sasaram Plain, an alluvial plain sloping gently downward toward the northeast. Its average height ranges from 72m above sea level in the north to 153m above sea level in the south. The plains cover all of Dinara, Dawath, Bikramganj, Nasriganj, Nokha, and Dehri Blocks, as well as parts of Sasaram, Sheosagar, and Rohtas Blocks. There are scattered woodlands in the east, in Sasaram Block. In the southern part of the district is the Rohtas Plateau, which is an eastern flank of the Vindhya plateau with an average elevation of 300m above sea level. It covers parts of Nauhatta, Rohtas, Sheosagar, Sasaram, and Chenari Blocks. This area is hilly, with occasional forests throughout. Several streams flow toward the north, including the Durgawati, the Bajari, the Koel, and the Sura. The Rohtas Plateau is less well suited for agriculture due to the uneven, rocky and gravelly soils as well as the forest cover. A variety of long grasses grow naturally on the plateau, including pear grass, kus, and khas khas.

Throughout Rohtas district, the soils are generally classified as ustalfs, ochrepts, orthents, fluvents, and psamments.

Economy of the district is agriculture based. Rice, wheat and maize are the main crops. Rohtas is also called the "Rice bowl of Bihar". Until 1980, Dalmianagar was one of the major industrial cities in India. It had sugar, vegetable oil, cement, paper, and chemical factories but now they are closed.{{Cite web|title=Economy {{!}} District Rohtas, Government of Bihar {{!}} India|url=https://rohtas.nic.in/economy/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-01}}

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Rohtas one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar have received funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).{{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 Wildlife Sanctuary", Natural wildlife
• "Shershah's Tomb", A Historical monument
• "Dhua Kund", Natural Water Fall https://rohtas.nic.in/tourist-place/dhuwan-kund/
• "Rohtas Garh Fort", Historical Fort https://rohtas.nic.in/tourist-place/rohtas-garh-fort/
• "Maa Tara Chandi Temple", Devi Shaktipeeth Temple https://rohtas.nic.in/tourist-places/
• Manjhar khund, Natural waterfall on kaimur hills.
• Kashish waterfall, Natural waterfall on kaimur hills.
• Tutla bhavani temple, A shaktipeeth
• Pilot baba dham, Replica of Somnath temple
• Karamchat dam, A beautiful dam on durgawati river.
• Sher garh fort, A underground fort on kaimur hills near chenari
• Gupta dham, A sacred temple of lord Shiva on kaimur hills

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=6,06,016|13=1911|14=5,75,964|15=1921|16=5,60,894|17=1931|18=6,16,315|19=1941|20=7,19,901|21=1951|22=8,31,133|23=1961|24=10,24,133|25=1971|26=12,86,983|27=1981|28=15,83,280|29=1991|30=19,27,736|31=2001|32=24,64,243|33=2011|34=29,59,918|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 Rohtas district has a population of 2,959,918,{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Rohtas |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/304/download/866/DH_2011_1032_PART_A_DCHB_ROHTAS.pdf |website=Census of India |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} roughly equal to the nation of Armenia{{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 = 2011-10-01 | quote = Armenia 2,967,975 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 Mississippi.{{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=2011-09-30|quote=Mississippi 2,967,297|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|archive-date=2013-10-19}} This gives it a ranking of 127th in India (out of a total of 640). In Bihar, it is ranked 17th out of 38 in terms of population. The district has a population density of {{convert|763|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}, ranking 34th out of 38 in Bihar (the state's density is {{convert|1106|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.{{cite web |title=Census of India 2011: Bihar District Census Handbook - Rohtas, Part B (Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract) |pages=13|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/Bihar.html |website=Census 2011 India|access-date=8 July 2020}} Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 20.22%. Rohtas has a sex ratio of 918 females for every 1000 males, which ranks 22nd out of 38 in Bihar (the state ratio is also 918). 14.45% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.57% and 1.07% of the population respectively.

The literacy rate in Rohtas district was 73.37% as of 2011 which is highest among all 38 districts of Bihar. The literacy rate was higher for men than for women: 82.88% of men but only 62.97% of women in the district could read and write. Literacy also was higher in urban areas than rural ones. The highest literacy rate in Rohtas district could be found in the town and sub-district of Dehri - 77.70% of the district's total population, and 81.2% of the population of the town proper, was literate. The lowest literacy rate was in the entirely rural CD block of Nauhatta, where 63.07% of the population could read and write.

A majority of the working population of Rohtas district was employed in agriculture in 2011, with 23.58% being cultivators who owned or rented their own land and 43.85% being agricultural laborers who worked someone else's land for wages. Another 5.25% of the district's workforce was employed in household industries, and all other forms of employment accounted for the remaining 27.33%.

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At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 87.67% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 7.47% Hindi and 4.39% 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}}

In 1982 Rohtas district became home to the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of {{convert|1342|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment|title=Protected areas: Bihar|url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|access-date=25 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|archive-date=23 August 2011}}

The Rohtas district (headquartered at Sasaram) is headed by an IAS officer of the rank of District Magistrate (DM).

The district has got 2072 villages under 226 Gram Panchayats, 34 territorial police stations{{cite web |url=https://rohtaspolice.bihar.gov.in/policeStation |title=List of police stations in Rohtas District, India |work=Bihar Police |access-date=14 June 2024}}

Rohtas district comprises three tehsils or Sub-divisions, each headed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM):

1. Sasaram
2. Bikramganj
3. Dehri

These Tehsils are further divided into 19 Blocks, each headed by a Block Development Officer (BDO).

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1. Akorhi Gola
2. Bikramganj
3. Chenari
4. Dawath
5. Dehri
6. Dinara
7. Karakat
8. Kargahar
9. Kochas
10. Nasriganj
11. Nauhatta
12. Nokha
13. Rajpur
14. Rohtas
15. Sanjhauli
16. Sasaram
17. Sheosagar
18. Suryapura
19. Tilauthu

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There are 10 towns in Rohtas district, as follows:

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• Chhedi Paswan, Ex-MP of Sasaram
• Sanjay Nirupam,Ex-Member of Parliament Mumbai North, Ex-Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha
• Murari Prasad Gautam, Ex-Minister in Eighth Nitish ministry

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• [https://rohtas.nic.in/ Official website]

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|North = Buxar district

|Northeast = Bhojpur district

|East = Aurangabad district

|Southeast = Palamu district, Jharkhand

|South = Garhwa district, Jharkhand

|Southwest = Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh

|West = Kaimur district

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