Bokaro district


Bokaro district is one of the most industrialized zones in India. It is one of the twenty-four districts of the Jharkhand state, India. It was established in 1991 by carving out one subdivision consisting of two blocks from Dhanbad District and six blocks from Giridih District.

Economy

In 2006, the Indian government named Bokaro one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is one of the 21 districts in Jharkhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Bokaro district has a population of 2,062,330, This gives it a ranking of 222nd in India. The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.99%. Bokaro has a sex ratio of 916 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 73.48%. Schedule Caste constitutes 14.5% while Schedule Tribe were 12.4% of total population.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 70.96% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 11.39% Santali, 10.67% Bengali, 4.09% Urdu and 1.14% Maithili as their first language.

Geography