Kaimur district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Biharstate, India. The district headquarters are located at Bhabua. Before 1991, it was part of Rohtas District, Bihar. The district occupies an area of 3363 km² and has a population of 1,626,384 with the rank of 307th in the country. The district has a Literacy rate of 69.34%. Kaimur district is a part of Patna division. It is the westernmost district of Bihar, westernmost point of Bihar called Chand is situated on the Bhabua-Chandauli road. The district has 18 Colleges, 58 High Schools, 146 Middle Schools and 763 Primary Schools. The district has a total no. of 1699 villages. The district also has 120 Post Offices and 151 Panchayat and it is well connected with NH-2. Which is accomplished by Bhabhua Road railway station it is the main route which connects Sealdah to Mumbai via Gaya jn. The most spoken languages are Hindi and Bhojpuri mainly. Due to its close proximity to Eastern Uttar Pradesh, People here have Purvanchali tinge in their language.
History
Kaimur district was established in March 1993 after carving off a part of Rohtas district. The earliest evidence of human habitation in the district consists of rock paintings in the Lehda forest that date to around 20,000 years ago. In June 2012, erotic Pala sculptures were excavated in the village of Baidyanath. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor. In the other side it is associated with belief of Hindus it is Penitential of Atri or Attri Rishi & one of the oldest temple in India of Ma Mundeswari which is the part of attraction of tourism.
Geography
Kaimur district occupies an area of, comparatively equivalent to Russia's Vaygach Island. Geographically, the district can be divided into two parts viz. Hilly area and Plain area. The hilly area is Kaimur plateau. The plain area on the western side is flanked by the rivers Karmanasa and the Durgavati. The Kudra river lies on it eastern side. The district of Buxar of Bihar State and the district of Ghazipur of U.P. State bound it on the North. On the south is the district of Garhwa of Jharkhand State and on the West is the district of Chandauli and Mirzapur of the U.P. State. On the East is district of Rohtas of Bihar State. Kaimur district has a large forest cover, measuring roughly 1,06,300 hectares which contains the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, home to tigers, leopards and chinkaras. Waterfalls like Karkat Waterfall and Telhar are present here.
crosses through Mohania Town and kudra. National Highway 30 originates from Mohania and connects with the capital Patna via Arrah. Apart from these, there are also a few state highways in the city. Mohania is connected to Bauxar via Ramgarh from the south and with Bhabua from the south. The State Highway 14 connects Bhabua to Mohania. Bhabua Road Railway Station is situated on Gaya–Mughalsarai section of Grand Chord Railway line. Bhabua is 14 km southward from the Bhabua Road railway station. The famous Mundeshawari Devi Temple is about 10 km south to Bhabua and about 25 km south to the railway station. If someone wants to visit the temple then he should arrive at Bhabua Road station first then he may take a direct bus to Mundeshawari Devi temple or may first take bus to Bhabua and then an auto/tempo to the temple. The nearest airport is Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport .
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Kaimur district has a population of 1,626,384, roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau or the US state of Idaho. This gives it a ranking of 307th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 27.54%. Kaimur has a sex ratio of 919 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 71.01%. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 97.69% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 2.13% Urdu as their first language.
