Rohtas district
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Rohtas district is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India. Sasaram is the administrative headquarters of this district. Dehri is another city with population over 100,000. There are also cities in the south of this district called Akbarpur and Bikramganj in northern Rohtas.
The Rohtas district is a part of Patna Division, and it has an area of 3850 km² (square kilometres), a population of 2,448,762 (2001 census), and a population density of 636 persons per km².
Majhgawan is a great village of Bihar where the eminent Mishra family of landowners come from. Saraon, Nasriganj is one of the most educated village in Bihar where most of the family has at least one engineer. Saraon better known as Saraon(Panchgaon), because it is the part of five village of single ancestor(Brahmin).
The administrative headquarters of the district is Sasaram, a place of historical importance. Another important symbol of national pride is Sone Bridge, built over the Sone river. There are two parallel bridges, one for road and another for railway. The area is also known for its rich language, Bhojpuri.
[edit] Industry
Until 1980, Dalmianagar was one of the major industrial cities in India. It had sugar, vegetable oil, cement, paper, and chemical factories (Rohtas Industries) but now they are closed. Now, there are few cement factories. Dacoities, extortion and interference from the local mafia led to the downfall of this place. Recently it got bad names because of increasing kidnapping cases, which has flourished because of nexus between local politicians, criminals and the police. This incident has left many local businessmen moving out of the district. The basis for the economy, as in almost all of Bihar, is agriculture. Some major crops include macca, rice, gram and lentils.
Dehri On Sone is also famous for coal depot. This market brings customers from all over of North India to do coal trading.
There is one hydropower generation unit which generates 6.6 megawatts of electricity. The language in this district and the neighboring district of Bhojpur is Bhojpuri. Natwar is famous for rice production. There are so many ricemill. Here chaubey Family is oldest family of Natwar khurd.
[edit] Transport
This city is well connected with railway and road. Dehri On Sone and Sasaram has big railway station with almost all the major train stops there. For the details of rail and its schedule, see [www.indianrail.gov.in the official website]. This place is well connected with the road as Grant Trunk Road passes through the heart of both of Dehri and Sasaram.
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