Kaimur district
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district of Bihar, India
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Bihar
- Administrative division
- Patna Division
- Headquarters
- Bhabua
- District magistrate
- Shri Nitin Kumar Singh (IAS)
- Total
- 3,362 km (1,298 sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 8211xx (Kaimur)
- Iso 3166 code
- IN-BR
- Lok sabha
- Sasaram
- Website
- http://www.kaimur.bih.nic.in/
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1626384
- Area
- 8268
- Official website
- kaimur.bih.nic.in
- Households
- 250884
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- Commons category
- Kaimur district
- male population
- 847006
- female population
- 779378
- urban population
- 65571
- rural population
- 1560813
- literate population
- 920276
- illiterate population
- 706108
- short name
- KMR
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Kaimur district is one of the 38 districts of Bihar, India. The district headquarters are at Bhabua. Before 1991, it was part of Rohtas District. Until 1764 the region was a part of Ghazipur District and Kamsaar Raj and later it was a part of Chainpur Estate till 1837.
Located in southwestern Bihar in the Patna division, the district occupies an area of 3363 km and has a population of 1,626,384 (as of 2011) with the rank of 307th in the country. The district has a Literacy rate of 69.34% (392nd in the country). The district has 18 colleges, 58 high schools, 146 middle schools, and 763 primary schools. The district has a total of 1699 villages. The district also has 120 post offices and 151 panchayat, and is well connected with NH-2 (Grand Trunk Road). It is served by Bhabua Road railway station (BBU) and is located on the main route which connects Sealdah to Mumbai via Gaya Junction.