Hazaribagh district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Jharkhand
- Division
- North Chotanagpur
- Headquarters
- Hazaribagh
- Deputy commissioner
- Shri Hemant Sati ( IAS )
- Superintendent of police
- Shri Aman Kumar ( IPS )
- Lok sabha constituencies
- Hazaribagh (shared with Ramgarh district)
- Vidhan sabha constituencies
- 5 ( Sadar, Barhi, Barkagaon, Barkathha, Mandu)
- Total
- 3,555 km (1,373 sq mi)
- Density
- 487.9/km (1,264/sq mi)
- Official
- Hindi
- Additional official
- Urdu and English
- Other
- Khortha and Santali
- Literacy
- 69.75%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- JH-02
- Major highways
- NH 19 NH 20 NH 522
- Website
- hazaribag .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- North Chotanagpur division
- Capital
- Hazaribagh
- Population
- 1734495
- Area
- 4313
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Ramgarh district
- Official website
- hazaribag.nic.in
- Households
- 304749
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- Category:Hazaribagh district
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- Hazaribagh district
- male population
- 890881
- female population
- 843614
- urban population
- 275307
- rural population
- 1459188
- literate population
- 1013249
- illiterate population
- 721246
- short name
- HZR
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Encyclopedic overview
Hazaribagh district is one of the oldest districts of Jharkhand state, India and the district headquarter located in Hazaribagh town. It is located in the north east part of North Chotanagpur Division. The boundary of this district consists of districts of Gaya (BIHAR) and Koderma in the north, Giridih and Bokaro in the east, Ramgarh in the south and Chatra in the west.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hazaribagh district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.