Rohtas district

Rohtas District
District of Bihar
Tomb of Sher Shah Suri
Location of Rohtas district in Bihar
Country	India
State	Bihar
Division	Patna
Headquarters	Sasaram
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Sasaram, Karakat, Buxar
• District Magistrate	Navin Kumar, Indian Administrative Service
• Superintendent of Police	Ashish Bharti, Indian Police Service
• Divisional Forest Officer	Pradyumn Gaurav, Indian Forest Service
Area
• Total	3,847.82 km2 (1,485.65 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,959,918
• Density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Literacy	73.37%
• Sex ratio	914
Languages
• Official	Hindi[1] Urdu[1] Bhojpuri
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN	821311 (Rohtas)[2]
ISO 3166 code	06188
Major highways	NH 2
Website	Official District Website

Rohtas District is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. It came into existence when Shahabad District was bifurcated into Bhojpur & Rohtas in 1972. Administrative headquarter of the district is Sasaram.^[3] Rohtas district has the highest literacy in Bihar. The literacy rate of Rohtas district which is 73.37% as per 2011 census is highest among all 38 districts of Bihar.

Rohtas district also has one of the highest forest cover among all 38 districts of Bihar.^{[citation needed]}

The Rohtas district is a part of Patna Division, and it has an area of 3850 km², a population of 2,959,918 (2011 census), and a population density of 763 persons per km². Languages spoken here are Bhojpuri, Hindi and English.^[3]