Munger district
Munger district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India. Munger city is the administrative headquarters of this district. Munger district is a part of Munger Division. Its literacy rate of 73.3% is higher than the state literacy rate of 63.8% and lower than national rate of 74.04. The present collector and District Magistrate of Munger is Navin Kumar, IAS. MP is Rajeev Rajan Singh Urf Lalan Singh History. Munger has seen five districts partitioned off from its territory: Begusarai in 1972; Khagaria in 1988; and Jamui in 1991; and Lakhisarai district and  Sheikhpura in 1994. Geography. Munger District is located in the southern part of Bihar and its headquarters is located on the southern bank of river Ganges. Munger district occupies an area of , Economy. In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Munger one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar have been receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). Demographics. Religion. According to the 2011 census Munger district has a population of 1,367,765, roughly equal to the nation of Eswatini or  the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 358th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.45%. Munger has a sex ratio of 879 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 73.3%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.44% and 1.56% of the population respectively. Languages. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 61.76% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 6.10% Urdu as their first language. 30.56% of the population  spoke languages classified as 'Others' under Hindi in the census. The local language is Angika. There are also other languages such as Santali, and even Arabic, spoken in the district. Flora and fauna. In 1976, Munger district became home to the Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of . comparatively equivalent to Russia's Urup Island.