Kaimur district

District of Bihar in India

Kaimur district

District of Bihar

Top: Mundeshwari Temple
Bottom: Durgavati River in Kaimur Hills

Location of Kaimur district in Bihar

Country|  India
State|  Bihar
Administrative Division| Patna Division
Headquarters| Bhabua
Government

• District Magistrate| Shri Sawan Kumar (IAS)
Area

• Total

| 3,362 km2 (1,298 sq mi)
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 1,626,384
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

8211xx (Kaimur)[1]

ISO 3166 code| IN-BR
Lok Sabha| Sasaram
Website| http://www.kaimur.bih.nic.in/

Kaimur district is one of the 38 districts of Bihar, India. The district headquarters are at Bhabua. Before 1991, it was part of Rohtas District. Till 1764 the region (Kaimur district) was a part of Ghazipur District and was a part of Kamsaar Raj and later it was a part of Chainpur Estate till 1837.

The district occupies an area of 3363 km2 and has a population of 1,626,384 (as of 2011[update]) with the rank of 307th in the country. The district has a Literacy rate of 69.34% (392nd in the country). Kaimur district is a part of Patna division. It is the Western-southern district of Bihar, Western-southern point of Bihar called Chand is situated on the Bhabua–Chandauli road. The district has 18 colleges, 58 high schools, 146 middle schools, and 763 primary schools. The district has a total of 1699 villages. The district also has 120 post offices and 151 panchayat, and is well connected with NH-2(Grand trunk road). Which is accomplished by Bhabhua Road (BBU) railway station it is the main route which connects Sealdah to Mumbai via Gaya junction.

The most spoken languages are Hindi and Bhojpuri. Due to its close proximity to eastern Uttar Pradesh, people here have Purvanchali tinge in their language.

## History

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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.[2]

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.[3]

It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.[4] 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.

## Geography

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Kaimur district occupies an area of 3,362 square kilometres (1,298 sq mi),[5] comparatively equivalent to Russia's Vaygach Island.[6] 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.[7]

Kaimur district has a large forest cover, measuring roughly 106,300 hectares which contains the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, home to tigers, leopards and chinkaras. Waterfalls like Karkat Waterfall and Telhar are present here.

## Place to Interest

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

## Politics

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This section is transcluded from 17th Bihar Assembly. (edit | history)

District  | No.  | Constituency  | Name  | Party  | Alliance  | Remarks

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Kaimur | 203  | Ramgarh | Sudhakar Singh |  | RJD |  | MGB |
Ashok Kumar Singh |  | BJP |  | NDA | Won in 2024 bypoll
204  | Mohania | Sangita Kumari  |  | BJP |  | NDA | Switched from RJD to BJP
205  | Bhabua | Bharat Bind  |  | BJP |  | NDA | Switched from RJD to BJP
206  | Chainpur | Mohd Zama Khan |  | JD(U) |  | NDA | Switched from BSP to JD(U)[8]

## Economy

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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).[9] 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.[9]

## Divisions

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Kaimur district is divided into 11 community development blocks, grouped together into 2 subdivisions, based at Bhabua and Mohania:[10]

* 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

## Villages

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* Sarangpur[11]

## Transport

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### Road

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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).

## Demographics

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1901| 317,384| —
1911| 301,646| −0.51%
1921| 293,753| −0.26%
1931| 322,778| +0.95%
1941| 377,028| +1.57%
1951| 435,283| +1.45%
1961| 526,251| +1.92%
1971| 656,905| +2.24%
1981| 783,045| +1.77%
1991| 972,949| +2.20%
2001| 1,275,579| +2.75%
2011| 1,626,384| +2.46%
source:[12]

Religions in Kaimur district (2011)[13]

Religion |  | Percent
Hinduism |

| 89.54%
Islam |

| 9.55%
Buddhism |

| 0.47%
Other or not stated |

| 0.44%

According to the 2011 census Kaimur district has a population of 1,626,384,[14] roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau[15] or the US state of Idaho.[16] This gives it a ranking of 307th in India (out of a total of 640).[14] The district has a population density of 488 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,260/sq mi) .[14] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 27.54%.[14] Kaimur has a sex ratio of 919 females for every 1000 males,[14] 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.[14]

### Languages

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Languages in Kaimur district (2011)[17]

1. Bhojpuri (90.55%)
2. Hindi (7.11%)
3. Urdu (2.13%)
4. Others (0.21%)

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.[17]

## Notable people

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* 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

## See also

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* Districts of Bihar

## References

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1. ^ Kaimur
2. ^ "Census of India 2011: Bihar District Census Handbook – Kaimur, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 22–85. Retrieved 11 January 2021.22-85&rft_id=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/BiharA.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Kaimur+district" class="Z3988">
3. ^ "Erotic sculptures of Pala period discovered in Bihar village". The Times of India. 13 June 2012. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013.
4. ^ "83 districts under the Security Related Expenditure Scheme". IntelliBriefs. 11 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
5. ^ 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 978-81-230-1617-7.1118-1119&rft.edition=54th&rft.pub=Additional+Director+General,+Publications+Division,+Ministry+of+Information+and+Broadcasting+(India),+Government+of+India&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-81-230-1617-7&rft.au=Srivastava,+Dayawanti+et+al.+(ed.)&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Kaimur+district" class="Z3988"> `{{cite book}}`: `|last1=` has generic name (help)
6. ^ "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 18 February 1998. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2011. "Vaygach Island3,329km2"
7. ^ "About District | District Kaimur, Government of Bihar | India". Retrieved 30 April 2020.
8. ^ "BSP's lone MLA in Bihar Md Zama Khan joins ruling JD(U) after meeting with CM Nitish Kumar | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
9. ^ a b Ministry of Panchayati Raj (8 September 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
10. ^ "Subdivision & Blocks". Kaimur (Bhabua). National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
11. ^ "Census of India 2011: Bihar District Census Handbook - Kaimur, Part A (Village and Town Directory)". Census 2011 India. pp. 600–711. Retrieved 2 February 2021.600-711&rft_id=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/BiharA.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Kaimur+district" class="Z3988">
12. ^ "Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Bihar" (PDF). census.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
13. ^ "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
14. ^ a b c d e f "District Census Handbook: Kaimur" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
15. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011. "Guinea-Bissau 1,596,677 July 2011 est."
16. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011. "Idaho 1,567,582"
17. ^ a b "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Bihar". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kaimur district.

* Official government website
* Kaimur Information Portal Archived 30 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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Places adjacent to Kaimur district

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Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh |

Kaimur district

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Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh |  | Rohtas district

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State of Bihar

Capital: Patna

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* Animal: Gaur
* Bird: House sparrow
* Flower: Marigolds
* Tree: Sacred fig

History|

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* Bhagalpur
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Cities and towns in Patna Division

Bhojpur district|

* Arrah
* Behea
* Koilwar
* Piro
* Shahpur

Buxar district|

* Buxar
* Dumraon
* Raghunathpur

Kaimur district|

* Bhabua
* Kudra
* Mohania
* Ramgarh

Patna district|

* Badalpura
* Bakhtiarpur
* Barh
* Bihta
* Bikram
* Danapur
* Dinapur Cantonment
* Fatuha
* Hasanchak
* Khagaul
* Khusrupur
* Maner
* Maner Sharif
* Masaurhi
* Mokameh
* Nadwan
* Paliganj
* Patna
* Phulwari Sharif
* Pundarakh

Rohtas district|

* Banjari
* Bikramganj
* Chenari
* Dalmianagar
* Dehri on Sone
* Koath
* Nokha
* Sasaram
* Tilouthu

Nalanda district|

* Bihar Sharif
* Hilsa
* Ekangarsarai
* Islampur
* Pawapuri
* Rajgir
* Silao
* Harnaut
* Chandi

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Patna division topics

General|

* Azimabad
* Battle of Buxar
* Kaimur Range
* Nalanda
* Pataliputra
* Takht Sri Patna Sahib
* Tourist attractions

Districts|

* Bhojpur
* Buxar
* Kaimur
* Nalanda
* Patna
* Rohtas

Rivers|

* Ganges
* Durgavati
* Karmanasa
* Punpun
* Son

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* Indrapuri Barrage

Transport|

* NH 22
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* NH 431
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* Patliputra Junction
* Patna Junction
* Patna Sahib
* Rajendra Nagar Terminal
* Rajgir

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Arrah
* Buxar
* Jahanabad
* Karakat
* Nalanda
* Pataliputra
* Patna Sahib
* Sasaram

See also|

* People from Patna
* People from Rohtas district

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
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