Bhojpuri region
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Bhojpuri region | |
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 Bhojpuri Speaking region | |
| Continent | Asia |
| Country | India |
| State | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh |
| Covering territory | Bihar
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| Languages | Bhojpuri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72,004 km2 (27,801 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 76,308,751 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Largest Cities | |
The Bhojpuri region or Bhojpur is an area encompassing parts of the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in northern India where the Bhojpuri is spoken as the mother-tongue. The Bhojpuri region is bordered by Awadh in the west and Magadh and Mithila in the east. Ujjainiya Rajputs of the former Shahabad district of ancient Bihar established their headquarters in the town of Arrah, Bhojpur district from where the whole region received its name.[1]
Culture[]
The economic and industrial growth of this region had been greatly hindered because of caste-guided political in-fighting and a huge population.[2] Creolized versions of the culture of Bhojpur are also very much present today in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa, due to the many Indian indentured laborers who were sent there by the ruling British in the mid 19th century to the early 20th century, and were from the Purvanchal-Bhojpur region.
Districts[]
Bhojpuri language is spoken in the districts of Western Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh which is called Purvanchal.[3]
Religion[]
According to the 2011 Census, Hindus form the majority in the Bhojpuri region, with 85.33% adhering to Hinduism. Islam is practiced by 14.5% of the population, while 0.52% profess other religions.
See also[]
- Bhojpuri
caste[]
References[]
- ^ Kolff, Dirk H.A. (2002) [First published 1990]. Naukar, Rajput, and sepoy : the ethnohistory of the military labour market in Hindustan, 1450-1850. Cambridge University Press. p. 160. ISBN 0-521-52305-2.
The Bhojpuri region received its name after the town of Bhojpur, the ancient headquarters of the Ujjainiya Rajputs of the erstwhile Shahabad district of Bihar.
- ^ http://www.epuinfo.com/node/4 Archived 27 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Culture of Bhojpuri Region". Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2018.. Discover Bihar, official website of Bihar Tourism.
- ^ a b http://censusindia.gov.in/
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bhojpur (region). |
- Regions of Bihar
- Regions of India