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Rohtas District
District of Bihar
Tomb of Sher Shah Suri
Tomb of Sher Shah Suri
Location of Rohtas district in Bihar
Location of Rohtas district in Bihar
CountryRohtas district India
StateBihar
DivisionPatna
HeadquartersSasaram
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesSasaram, Karakat, Buxar
 • District MagistrateNavin Kumar, Indian Administrative Service
 • Superintendent of PoliceAshish Bharti, Indian Police Service
 • Divisional Forest OfficerPradyumn Gaurav, Indian Forest Service
Area
 • Total3,847.82 km2 (1,485.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,959,918
 • Density770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy73.37%
 • Sex ratio914
Languages
 • Official
  • Hindi[1]
  • Urdu[1]
  • Bhojpuri
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN
821311 (Rohtas)[2]
ISO 3166 code06188
Major highwaysNH 2
WebsiteOfficial District Website
Rohtas Plateau, an extension of the Vindhya formation, is abundant in limestone and shales, providing raw materials to the local cement industry.

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]

  1. ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ^ Rohtas
  3. ^ a b "District Rohtas, Government of Bihar | Rice bowl of Bihar | India". Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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