Jehanabad district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. Jehanabad town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Jehanabad district is a part of Magadh Division, and is located on the confluence of two small rivers called Dardha and Yamunaiya.
The territory of the present-day district became Jehanabad sub-division of Gaya district in 1872. The district came into existence on 1 August 1986. It is surrounded by Patna in north, Arwal in west, Nalanda in east and Gaya in south.
Jehanabad lies in the southern Gangetic Plain. Elevation is low and flat; the district headquarters at Jehanabad town sits near the confluence of the Dardha and Jamuna rivers.https://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Jehanabadbihar.pdf#:~:text=town%20of%20Jehanabad%2C%20which%20is,longitude%2C%20the%20district%20is%20bounded The climate is humid subtropical (monsoon-influenced): summers are very hot (up to ~44â¯ðC) and winters cool (down to ~5â¯ðC).https://jehanabad.kvk4.in/district-profile.php#:~:text=Main%20Rivers%20Falgu%2C%20Jamuna%2C%20Baldai,Average%20Rainfall%201074%20mm%2FYear The southwest monsoon (JuneâÂÂSeptember) brings most rain (roughly 1,100âÂÂ1,300â¯mm annually). https://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Jehanabadbihar.pdf#:~:text=The%20average%20annual%20rainfall%20in,The https://jehanabad.kvk4.in/district-profile.php#:~:text=5%27c%20in%20Winter,Average%20Rainfall%201074%20mm%2FYear Spring and autumn are brief transitional seasons. The soil is broadly fertile alluvial loam. These conditions favor intensive cultivation; however, irrigation depends on monsoon rains and local tube wells (groundwater), since most rivers (Dardha, Phalgu, etc.) are seasonal. https://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Jehanabadbihar.pdf#:~:text=district%20and%20it%20gives%20a,The%20soil%20in%20the%20district
Vegetation is that of the Indo-Gangetic plains (agricultural fields, patches of scrub or sal on higher ground). The landscape is largely cleared for farming; forest cover in the district is negligible.
According to the 2011 census Jehanabad district has a population of 1,125,313, roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus or the US state of Rhode Island. This gives it a ranking of 412th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001âÂÂ2011 was 21.34%. Jehanabad has a sex ratio of 918 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 78.27%. 12.01% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 19.81% and 0.11% of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 79.5% of the population in the district spoke Magahi, 18.01% Hindi and 2.00% Urdu as their first language.
See also - Literacy In Bihar