the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). See Economy of Dhanbad. DH Demographics According to the 2011 census Dhanbad district has a population of 2,684,487, roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait or the US state of Nevada. This gives it a ranking of 148th 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 11.91%. Dhanbad has a sex ratio of 908 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 75.71%. Hindus make up 80.07%, Muslims make up 16.08% and others makes up 2.88%. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 26.8% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 25.2% Khortha, 17.95% Bengali, 8.70% Santali, 8.47% Urdu, 5.19% Magahi and 4.46% Khortha as their first language. Most of the languages are mutually intelligible variants of Prakrit and intelligible with Hindi. Politics |} See also Manaitand References External links Official district government website Dhanbad Portal Districts of Jharkhand Coal mining districts in India 1956 establishments in Bihar