Bhagalpur district

Bhagalpur district
Bhagalpur district
District of Bihar
	An image of the Vikramshila ancient university
	Location of Bhagalpur district in Bihar
	Coordinates (Bhagalpur): 25°00′N 86°55′E / 25.000°N 86.917°E
Country	India
State	Bihar
Division	Bhagalpur
Established	1765
Headquarters	Bhagalpur
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Bhagalpur; Banka(for Sultanganj and Shahkund Blocks);
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Bhagalpur, Nathnagar, Pirpainty, Kahalgaon, Sultanganj, Bihpur, Gopalpur
Area
• Total	2,569 km2 (992 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,037,766
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
• Urban	602,532
Demographics
• Literacy	63.14 per cent
• Sex ratio	880/1000
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highways	NH 33, NH 31, NH 80
Average annual precipitation	1166 mm
Website	bhagalpur.nic.in

Bhagalpur district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. Bhagalpur is the oldest district of Bihar. Bhagalpur city is the administrative headquarters of this district.

^ "District Census Handbook - Bhagalpur" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[Census_India_Bhagalpur_District-1] "District Census Handbook - Bhagalpur" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

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