| Voice of Rohtas : Thakur
Rabindra Nath

Following are the social and developmental challenges of Rohtas
district:
Illiteracy among women is very high.
Most of the schools do not have teachers present. The infrastructure
in schools is also very poor.
Quality of education is also very low.
Rohtas District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 3851.0 Km2
Population in Rohtas (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 2,962,593
Male : 1,547,856
Female : 1,414,737
Under 6 population
Total : 493,047
Male : 256,108
Female : 236,939
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 60094
In seeing : 34180
In speech : 3216
In hearing : 2061
In movement : 16270
Mental : 4367
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Rohtas District : VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
Backwardness : 277
Sex Ratio Rank : 184 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 103 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 351 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
District affected by Left Wing Extremism

Brief About Rohtas District
Background
Rohtas has an old & interesting history. In
pre-historic days the plateau region of the district has been the
abode of aboriginals whose chief representatives now are the
Bhars, the Cheers and the Oraons . According to some legends the
Kherwars were the original settlers in the hilly tracts near Rohtas.The
Oraons also claim that they ruled over the area between Rohtas and
Patna. The local legend also connects king Sahasrabahu with Sasaram,
the headquarter of Rohtas district. It is believed that Sahasrabahu
had terrible fight with Saint Parsuram, the legendary Brahmin Protector,
as a result of which Sahasrabahu was killed. The term Sahasram is
supposed to have been derived from Sahasrabahu and Parsuram. Another
legend connects the ROHTAS hill to Rohitashwa, son of Raja Harishchandra,
a famous king who was known for his piety and truthfulness.
The District of ROHTAS formed a part of the Magadh Empire since
6th B.C. to 5TH Century A.D. under the pre
Mauryans. The minor rock edict of Emperor Ashok at Chandan Sahid
near Sasaram confirmed the Mauryans conquests of this district.
In the 7th Century A.D. This district came under the
control of Harsha rulers of Kannauj.
Sher Shah’s father Hassan Khan Suri was an Afghan adventure, he
got the jagir of Sasaram as a reward for his services to Jamal Khan,
and the Governor of Province during the latter’s attachment with
the king of Jaunpur. But the Afghan Jagirdar was not able to exercise
full control over this subject since the allegiance of the people
was very lose and the landlords were particularly independent. In
1529 Babar invaded Bihar, Sher Shah who lost opposed him. Babar
has left in his memories an interesting account of the place. He
mentioned about the superstitions of the Hindu with regard to river
Karamnasa and also described how he swam across the river Ganga
at Buxar in 1528.
When Babar died , Sher Shah become active again .In 1537 Humayun
advanced against him and he seized his fortresses at Chunar and
Rohtas Garh. Humayun proceeded to Bengal where he spent six months,
while on his return journey to Delhi he suffeblack a crushing defeat
at the hands of the Sher Shah at Causa. This victory secublack for
Sher Shah the imperial throne of Delhi. “ The rule of Sur dynasty
, which Sher Shah founded, was very short lived. Soon the Mughals
regions the imperial throne of Dehli. After his assassination, Akbar
tried to extend his empire and consolidated it. The district of
Rohtas was thus included in the empire”
The next event of importance which shook the District, was
the reign of Raja Chait Singh of Banaras, his kingdom included large
part of Shahabad and his control extended up to Buxar.He raised
the banner of revolt against he English who had a difficult time.
At Chunar and Ghazipur, the English troops suffeblack defeat and
the very foundations of the English power in India was shaken. But,
‘is well known fact that Chait Singh lost eventually.
The district had a very uneventful history till we come to 1857
when Kunwar Singh revolted against the British Empire in line with
the Mutineers of 1857. Most of the hiroic details of Kunwar Singh
is concerned with the present district of Bhojpur. However he mutiny
had its impact and produced similar up-rising and incidents
here and there. The hilly tracts of the district offeblack natural
escape to the fugitives of the Mutiny. During Independence movement
the district had a substantiates contribution to the
freedom movement of India. After Independence Rohtas remained a
part of the Shahabad District but in 1972 Rohtas became a separate
District
Geo-Prorile
1. Formation of District: 10th November 1972
2. Latitude: 24-30” to 25-20” (North)
3. Longitude: 83-14” to 83-20” (East)
4. Area: 3847.82 (Sq.Kms.)
5. Height from Sea Level: 107.78 Meters
6. Boundaries: North : Bhojpur & Buxar Districts South : Plamu &
Garwah District EAST: Aurangabad & Part of Gaya District WEST: Kaimur
District
GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS, CLIMATE, RAINFALL, etc.
GEORAPHIC DETAILS: Geographically, this district is divided
in two parts i.e.
1. Hilly Area Comprise the plateau of Kaimur
2. Plain Area (Eastern side) Wateblack by the mighty current of
river SONE
CLIMATIC CONDITION:
The climate of the district is of moderately extreme type. It becomes
quite hot during summer and fairly cool during the winter. January
is the coldest month when the minimum temperature comes down to
approximately 10 degree. Winter seasons starts form the month of
November and last till February. The temperature begins to rise
in March and it reaches the peak in the month of May when the mercury
touches about 45 degree.
RAINFALL: Rain sets in some time in June and last till middle of
September. There after the humidity begins to fall. The direction
of the easterly wind from June to September. From October the direction
of the winds is reversed and westerly wind blows till May. This
district gets the maximum rainfall in month of July and August.
There is slight rainfall in October, but November and December are
quite dry. Some winter rain occurs in January and February. Normal
rainfall 975 mm and average rainfall 952 mm.
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