| Voice of Buxar : Ranganath
Singh
Following are the social and developmental challenges of the district:
Child labour is the one of the main social challenge of the district.
However government officials are refusing to accept the same.
Women in the district are not allowed to get educated. As a result
the women literacy ratio in the district is very low.
No efforts are taken by the government to protect the environment.
Lack of proper implementation of government projects.
Buxar District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 1624.0 Km2
Population in Buxar (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1,707,643
Male : 888,356
Female : 819,287
Under 6 population
Total : 286,969
Male : 149,097
Female : 137,872
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 23308
In seeing : 10771
In speech : 1534
In hearing : 1007
In movement : 7303
Mental : 2693
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 312
Sex Ratio Rank : 155 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 392 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 433 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Occurrence of High Arsenic in Ground Water, Flouride in
Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Buxar District
Sub Div : Buxar, Dumraon.
Blocks : Buxar, Dumraon, Simari, Brahmpur, Rajpur, Itarhi, Nawanagar,
Chaungain, Chausa, Chakki, Kesath.
Agriculture : Rich Paddy Fields, Wheat, Maize, Sugar Cane.
Industry : Rice and Oil Mills.
Rivers : Ganga, Karmnasha. |
