Aurangabad district, Bihar


Aurangabad district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.
Aurangabad played a major role in the Indian independence struggle, and is also the birthplace of eminent nationalist & first Deputy Chief Minister of state, Bihar Vibhuti Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha, a participant of Champaran Satyagraha who is regarded among makers of modern independent Bihar.

Geography

Aurangabad district occupies an area of, comparatively equivalent to Russia's Vaygach Island. 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.

Economy

In 2006, the Indian government named Aurangabad one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Aurangabad district, Bihar has a population of 2,540,073, roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait or the US state of Nevada. This gives it a ranking of 172nd in India. The district has a population density of. 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%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 94.78% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 5.17% Urdu as their first language.