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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Aurangabad, Bihar|other uses|Aurangabad (disambiguation)}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Aurangabad district<br />
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Bihar|District of Bihar]]<br />
| total_type = Total<br />
| native_name = <br />
| image_map = Bihar district location map Aurangabad.svg<br />
| map_caption = Location of Aurangabad district in Bihar<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|24.70|N|84.35|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| coor_pinpoint = Aurangabad, Bihar<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Magadh division|Magadh]]<br />
| established_title = Established<br />
| established_date = <br />
| seat_type = Headquarters<br />
| seat = [[Aurangabad, Bihar]]<br />
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]<br />
| parts_style = para<br />
| p1 = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 3305<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_total = 2,540,073<br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_urban = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| demographics_type1 = Demographics<br />
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]<br />
| demographics1_info1 = 72.77%<br />
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio<br />
| demographics1_info2 = 916<br />
| leader_title = [[Member of parliament|MP]]<br />
| leader_name = [[Sushil Kumar Singh (politician)|Sushil Kumar Singh]], [[BJP]]<br />
| leader_title1 = District Magistrate & Collector<br />
| leader_name1 = Saurabh Jorawal [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<br />
| leader_title2 = <br />
| leader_name2 = <br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +05:30<br />
| registration_plate = <br />
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Indian road network|Major highways]]<br />
| blank_info_sec1 = NH2 now [[National Highway 19 (India)|NH19]]<br />
| blank_name_sec2 = <br />
| blank_info_sec2 = <br />
| website = {{URL|https://aurangabad.bih.nic.in/}}<br />
| official_name = <br />
| governing_body = <br />
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| leader_party = <br />
| image_skyline = Dhava River.JPG<br />
| image_caption = Dhava river at Rafiganj<br />
}}<br />
'''Aurangabad district''' is one of the thirty-eight [[districts of Bihar]] [[States and union territories of India|state]], India. It is currently a part of the [[Red Corridor]].<ref>{{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= 11 December 2009 |access-date=17 September 2011}}</ref><br />
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Aurangabad played a major role in the [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence struggle]],<ref>{{cite web<br />
| url=http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Alpha/DR.A.N.%20SINGH<br />
| title=First Bihar Deputy CM cum Finance Minister;Dr. A N Sinha<br />
|author=Indian Post<br />
| publisher=official Website<br />
| access-date=20 May 2008<br />
}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.exammaterial.com/aurangabad-districtbihar/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020140140/http://www.exammaterial.com/aurangabad-districtbihar/ |archive-date=20 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Aurangabad district occupies an area of {{convert|3389|km2|sqmi}},<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | last1 = Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) | 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}}<!--| access-date =11 October 2011 --></ref> comparatively equivalent to [[Russia]]'s [[Vaygach Island]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date =11 October 2011 | date = 18 February 1997 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Vaygach Island 3,329km2}}</ref> [[Aurangabad, Bihar|Aurangabad]] town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Aurangabad district is a part of [[Magadh division]].<br />
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Aurangabad became a fully-fledged district when it was split from the [[Gaya district]] in 1972.<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date =11 October 2011 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 25 September 2011 | work = Statoids}}</ref><br />
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==Economy==<br />
In 2006, the Indian government named Aurangabad one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=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}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
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{{bar box<br />
|title=Religions in Aurangabad District<br />
|titlebar=#Fcd116<br />
|left1=Religion<br />
|right1=Percent<br />
|float=right<br />
|bars=<br />
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|90.20}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|9.34}}<br />
}}<br />
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Aurangabad district, Bihar has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 2,540,073,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date =30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kuwait]]<ref name="cia">{{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 =1 October 2011 | quote = Kuwait 2,595,62}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nevada]].<ref>{{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=30 September 2011 |quote=Nevada 2,700,551 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 172nd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|760|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 24.75%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Aurangabad has a [[sex ratio]] of 916 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 72.77%.<ref name=districtcensus/><br />
{{pie chart<br />
|thumb = right<br />
|caption = Languages in Aurangabad District<br />
|value1 = 69.69<br />
|label1 = Magahi/Magadhi<br />
|color1 = Yellow<br />
|value2 = 24.68<br />
|label2 = Hindi<br />
|color2 = Orange<br />
|value3 = 5.17<br />
|label3 = Urdu<br />
|color3 = Green<br />
}}<br />
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,67,445|13=1911|14=4,89,924|15=1921|16=4,88,092|17=1931|18=5,41,490|19=1941|20=6,29,204|21=1951|22=6,96,115|23=1961|24=8,30,989|25=1971|26=10,16,094|27=1981|28=12,37,072|29=1991|30=15,39,988|31=2001|32=20,13,055|33=2011|34=25,40,073|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Deo, Bihar|Deo]], town in Aurangabad district<br />
*[[Barun, India]] town in Aurangabad District<br />
* [[Daudnagar, Bihar]], town in Aurangabad district<br />
* [[Rafiganj, Bihar]], town in Aurangabad district<br />
*[[Nabinagar, Bihar]], town in Aurangabad district<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://aurangabad.bih.nic.in/ Aurangabad information portal]<br />
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{{Geographic location<br />
|Centre = Aurangabad district<br />
|North = <br />
|Northeast = [[Arwal district]]<br />
|East = <br />
|Southeast = [[Gaya district]]<br />
|South = <br />
|Southwest = [[Palamu district]], Jharkhand<br />
|West = <br />
|Northwest = [[Rohtas district]]<br />
}}<br />
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{{Aurangabad district, Bihar topics}}<br />
{{Districts of Bihar}}<br />
{{Magadh Division}}<br />
{{Magadh Division topics}}<br />
{{Son basin}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
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