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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bhagalpur district
| official_name =
| image_skyline = The Holy Ganga Panorama.jpg
| image_caption = An image of the river [[Ganges|Ganga]] at Baalu Ghat
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Bihar|District of Bihar]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = Bihar district location map Bhagalpur.svg
| map_caption = Location of Bhagalpur district in Bihar
| coordinates = {{Coord|25|00|N|86|55|E|display=title|region:IN_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki}}
| coor_pinpoint = Bhagalpur
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bhagalpur division|Bhagalpur]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Bhagalpur]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 2569
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 3037766
| population_footnotes =<ref name="Census India Bhagalpur District">{{cite web |title=District Census Handbook - Bhagalpur |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1022_PART_B_DCHB_BHAGALPUR.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>
| population_urban = 602,532
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 63.14 per cent
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 880/1000
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhagalpur]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = Bhagalpur, Nathnagar, Pirpainty, Kahalgaon, Sultanganj, Bihpur, Gopalpur
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Indian road network|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 33. (India)|NH 33]],[NH 31],[NH 80]
| blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation
| blank_info_sec2 = 1166 mm
| website = {{URL|bhagalpur.nic.in}}
}}
'''Bhagalpur district''' is one of the thirty-eight [[districts of Bihar]] [[States and territories of India|state]], [[India]], and [[Bhagalpur]] town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Most part of Bhagalpur district is in South Bihar.

==Geography==
Bhagalpur district occupies an area of {{convert|2569|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name="Reference Annual">{{cite book|title=India 2010: A Reference Annual|last1=Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.)|publisher=Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]]|year=2010|isbn=978-81-230-1617-7|edition=54th|location=New Delhi, India|pages=1118–1119|chapter=States and Union Territories: Bihar: Government}}</ref><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 1998 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Obira 2,542km2}}</ref> Bhagalpur district is a part of [[Bhagalpur Division]]. The river Ganga flows through the district.

===National protected area===
*[[Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary]]

==Economy==
In 2006 the Indian government named Bhagalpur one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|Rank 3 backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund|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>

A 1320MW Thermal Power Plant is going to establish at [[Pirpainti|Pirapinti]] with a J.V of [[NHPC Limited|NHPC]], Bihar State Power Generation Company (BSPGCL) and Nalanda Power Company, a subsidiary of [[RPG Group]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/nhpc-inks-pact-for-1320-mw-thermal-plant-in-bihar-197640|title=NHPC inks pact for 1,320-mw thermal plant in Bihar|last=PTI|date=26 February 2014|website=www.millenniumpost.in|language=en|access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref>

According to [[Geological Survey of India]], the coal reserve of 1366.75 metric ton has been discovered in Srinagar, Laxmipur, Mandar and Pirpainti block of Bhagalpur district. [[Bharat Coking Coal Limited]] is to start mining operations as of September 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=पटना : नौ जिलों में खनिज के संकेत, भागलपुर में शुरू होगी कोयले की खुदाई |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/news/patna/bihar-patna-nine-districts-mineral-bhagalpur-start-up-excavation-of-coal/amplite/1189172.html |access-date=15 February 2020 |work=Prabhat Khabar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BCCL to start mining operations in Bhagalpur district soon, says minister - Times of India |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/patna/bccl-to-start-mining-ops-in-bhagalpur-dist-soon-says-minister/amp_articleshow/71300041.cms |access-date=15 February 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=26 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Demographics==
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|title=Religions in Bhagalpur District
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|81.90}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|17.68}}
{{bar percent|Not Stated|black|0.25}}
{{bar percent|Christian|blue|0.12}}
{{bar percent|Jain|brown|0.03}}
{{bar percent|Sikh|olive|0.01}}
{{bar percent|Buddhist|yellow|0.01}}
}}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Bhagalpur district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,037,766.<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1022_PART_B_DCHB_BHAGALPUR.pdf|title=Census India Bhagalpur District|year=2011|publisher=Census2011.co.in|access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 120th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 1182|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 25.36%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Bhagalpur has a [[sex ratio]] of 880 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 63.14%.<ref name=districtcensus/>{{historical populations|11=1901|12=5,99,746|13=1911|14=6,09,927|15=1921|16=5,69,075|17=1931|18=6,55,803|19=1941|20=7,49,465|21=1951|22=8,41,309|23=1961|24=10,22,322|25=1971|26=12,50,354|27=1981|28=15,82,753|29=1991|30=19,09,967|31=2001|32=24,23,172|33=2011|34=30,37,766|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}}

===Languages===
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 88.74% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]], 10.29% [[Urdu]] and 0.45% [[Santali language|Santali]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

The primary language used in the district is [[Angika language|Angika]]. Other chief languages include [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]] and [[Bengali language]].<ref name="ethnoangika">{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Angika: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=anp | access-date = 28 September 2011 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>

==Flora and fauna==
In 1990 Bhagalpur district became home to the [[Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary]], which is {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on|1}} in length.<ref name=parks>{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment|title=Protected areas: Bihar|url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|access-date=25 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|archive-date=23 August 2011}}</ref>

==Common Service Center in Sultanganj==
[[File:Vikramshila Entrance.jpg|thumb|[[Vikramashila]], an important center of learning in [[Ancient India]], is situated in Bhagalpur district]]
*S.C.T.I CSC, KrishnaGarh

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Geographic location
| Centre = Bhagalpur district
| North = [[Madhepura district]]
| Northeast = [[Katihar district]]
| East = [[Sahebganj district]], [[Jharkhand]]
| Southeast = [[Godda district]], [[Jharkhand]]
| South = [[Banka district]]
| Southwest =
| West = [[Munger district]]
| Northwest = [[Khagaria district]]
}}

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