Mauritius or the US state of New Hampshire. This number gives it a ranking of 368th in India, out of a total of 640. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 27.71%. Garhwa has a sex ratio of 933 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 62.18%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 24.19% and 15.56% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 54.52% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 26.24% Magahi, 7.29% Bhojpuri, 5.39% Sadri and 5.29% Urdu as their first language. Another 11,000 speak Kurukh. Politics Garhwa has two assembly constituencies, Garhwa and Bhawanthpur. Both are part of Palamu Lok Sabha constituency, whose MP is Vishnu Dayal Ram from the BJP. |} See also Palamu district Garhwa Hoor Jharkhand Nagar Untari Giridih References External links Official district government website Districts of Jharkhand 1991 establishments in Bihar