Demographics of Bihar

Demographics of Bihar
Bihar is third most populated state of India with total population of 82,998,509 (43,243,795 Male and 39,754,714
Female) [1]

Population
Population by Age group
Age Group

Total

Male

[2]
Female

0-4

11006072 5623280

5382792

5-9

12804302 6705263

6099039

10-14

11063777 5970201

5093576

15-19

7190188

4028643

3161545

20-24

6323193

3180063

3143130

25-29

5908308

2894706

3013602

30-34

5549787

2713871

2835916

35-39

5077935

2576089

2501846

40-44

4153203

2213770

1939433

45-49

3461664

1778368

1683296

50-54

2711041

1543620

1167421

55-59

2069940

990011

1079929

60-64

2103909

1120743

983166

65-69

1354937

683656

671281

70-74

1029921

571438

458483

75-79

446860

233961

212899

80+

565647

312207

253440

Age not stated 177825

103905

73920

All ages

82998509 43243795 39754714

Bihar is third most populated state of India with total population of 82,998,509 (43,243,795 Male and 39,754,714
Female)
Projected population of Bihar for year 2008 is 93,823,000 (Total), 48,677,000 (Male) and 45,146,000(Female).[3]

Demographics of Bihar

Key data
Population
Over All
Total - 82,998,509
Male - 43,243,795
Female- 39,754,714
Urban
Total Male Female Rural
Total Male Female Projected Population for year 2008
Total - 93,823,000

Male - 48,677,000
Female- 45,146,000
Population Density - 881.[4]
Growth Rate -28.43[5]
Sex Ratio 921 [6](female/1000 male)
Literacy - 47.53 %[7]
Age Group -

Religious demographics
Religion in Bihar

[8]

Religion

Population

Hinduism

69,076,919

Islam

13,722,048

Christianity 53,137
Sikhism

20,780

Buddhism

18,818

Jainism

16,085

Other

52,905

not stated

37,817

Total

82,998,509

Hinduism is practiced by 83.2% of the population and forms the majority religion in the state.[9] Islam is practiced by
16.5% of the population, and other religions less than 0.5%.

Demographics of Bihar

Linguistic demographics
[10]

Languages of Bihar

Language Language family Speakers (%)

Hindi

Indo-Aryan

73.12%

Bhojpuri

Indo-Aryan

14%

Magahi

Indo-Aryan

16%

Maithili

Indo-Aryan

53.27%

Urdu

Indo-Aryan

11.41%

Bengali

Indo-Aryan

0.53%

Santali

Austroasiatic

0.47%

Hindi and Urdu are the official languages of the state, whilst the majority of the people speak one of the Bihari
languages - Bhojpuri, Magadhi, Maithili or Angika. Bihari languages were once mistakenly thought to be dialects of
Hindi, but they has been more recently shown to be descendant of the language of the erstwhile Magadha kingdom Magadhi Prakrit, along with Bengali, Assamese, and Oriya.

Educational Demographics
Education in Bihar [11]
Level

Persons

Male

Female

Literate without educational 1,715,049 1,109,731 605,318

Below Primary

7,890,329 4,754,137 3,136,192

Primary

8,334,709 5,130,917 3,203,792

Middle

4,390,226 3,012,151 1,378,075

Secondary

4,751,560 3,439,918 1,311,642

Higher Secondary

1,826,093 1,385,282 440,811

Technical Diploma

24,989

20,088

4,901

Non-technical Diploma

48,532

40,458

8,074

Graduate & above

2,109,415 1,737,651 371,764

Unclassified

18,675

14,043

4,632

Bihar has a total literacy rate is 47%. Overall Males and Female literacy rate is 59.7% and 33.1% respectively.[12]
Total Rural literacy rate is 43.9%. In rural areas of Bihar, Males and Female literacy rate is 57.1 and 29.6
respectively. Total Urban literacy rate is 71.9. In urban areas of Bihar, Males and Female literacy rate is 79.9 and
62.6 respectively. .[13] Total number of literates in Bihar is 3,16,75,607 which consists 2,09,78,955 Male and
1,06,96,652 Female. Patna has highest Literacy Rate of 63.82% followed by Rohtas (62.36%) and Munger (60.11%).
Kishanganj has lowest Literacy Rate of 31.02% followed by Araria (34.94%) and Katihar (35.29%).

Demographics of Bihar

Economical demographics
The economy of Bihar is largely service orientated, but it also has a significant agricultural base. The state also has a
small industrial sector. As of today, agriculture accounts for 35%, industry 9% and service 55% of the economy of
the state[14]

Ethnic groups
Bihar's major ethnic group is Indo-aryans.[15]

Districts
Districtwise Demographics[16]
Districts of
Bihar

Total
Population
2001

Male
Population
2001

Female
Population
2001

Growth
Rate
1981-91

Growth
Rate
1991-01

Sex
Ratio
1991

Sex
Ratio
2001

Population
density
1991

Population
density
2001

West
Champaran

30,43,044

16,00,853

14,42,191

18.30

30.40

877

901

446

582

East
Champaran

39,33,636

20,72,350

18,61,286

25.46

29.27

883

898

767

991

Sheohar

5,14,288

2,71,261

2,43,027

27.34

36.16

876

896

853

1,161

Sitamarhi

26,69,887

14,10,149

12,59,738

23.13

32.58

884

893

915

1,214

Madhubani

35,70,651

18,37,361

17,33,290

21.76

26.08

932

943

809

1,020

Supaul

17,45,069

9,08,855

8,36,214

23.45

29.95

904

920

557

724

Araria

21,24,831

11,08,924

10,15,907

26.69

31.84

907

916

569

751

Kishanganj

12,94,063

6,66,910

6,27,153

22.20

31.50

933

940

522

687

Purnia

25,40,788

13,25,794

12,14,994

23.76

35.23

903

916

582

787

Katihar

23,89,533

12,44,943

11,44,590

27.77

30.91

909

919

597

782

Madhepura

15,24,596

7,96,272

7,28,324

22.16

29.45

885

915

659

853

Saharsa

15,06,418

7,88,585

7,17,833

25.54

33.03

884

910

665

885

Darbhanga

32,85,473

17,16,640

15,68,833

25.04

30.85

911

914

1,102

1,442

Muzaffarpur

37,43,836

19,41,480

18,02,356

25.30

26.74

904

928

931

1,180

Gopalganj

21,49,343

10,72,151

10,77,192

25.12

26.11

968

1,005

838

1,057

Siwan district

27,08,840

13,32,218

13,76,622

22.04

24.78

1,017

1,033

978

1,221

Saran

32,51,474

16,54,428

15,97,046

23.44

26.37

963

965

974

1,231

Vaishali

27,12,389

14,12,276

13,00,113

29.08

26.39

921

921

1,054

1,332

Samastipur

34,13,413

17,71,249

16,42,164

28.35

25.63

926

927

936

1,175

Begusarai

23,42,989

12,26,057

11,16,932

24.61

29.11

898

911

946

1,222

Khagaria

12,76,677

6,75,501

6,01,176

28.44

29.32

868

890

664

859

Bhagalpur

24,30,331

12,94,192

11,36,139

20.67

27.24

864

878

743

946

Banka

16,08,778

8,43,061

7,65,717

24.44

24.47

893

908

428

533

Munger

11,35,499

6,04,662

5,30,837

17.79

20.34

856

878

665

800

Lakhisarai

8,01,173

4,16,727

3,84,446

21.08

23.94

880

923

526

652

Demographics of Bihar

Sheikhpura

5,25,137

2,73,468

2,51,669

19.84

24.96

896

920

610

762

Nalanda

23,68,327

12,36,467

11,31,860

21.73

18.64

898

915

848

1,006

Patna

47,09,851

25,14,949

21,94,902

19.84

30.17

867

873

1,130

1,471

Bhojpur

22,33,415

11,75,333

10,58,082

20.26

24.58

904

900

725

903

Buxar

14,03,462

7,38,239

6,65,223

18.63

29.03

884

901

670

864

Kaimur

12,84,575

6,73,556

6,11,019

24.20

30.64

884

907

292

382

Rohtas

24,48,762

12,82,655

11,66,107

21.77

27.71

894

909

498

636

Jehanabad

15,11,406

7,83,960

7,27,446

19.43

28.64

919

928

749

963

Aurangabad

20,04,960

10,35,757

9,69,203

24.49

30.19

915

936

466

607

Gaya

34,64,983

17,89,231

16,75,752

23.92

30.03

922

937

536

696

Nawada

18,09,425

9,28,638

8,80,787

23.70

33.08

936

948

545

726

Jamui

13,97,474

7,28,812

6,68,662

21.90

32.90

903

917

339

451

Miscellaneous statistics
Migrants
Bihar is home of 2,12,015 international migrant.[17]
Bihar is home of 1,619,031 inter state migrant.[18]

References
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]

http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ Census_Data_2001/ Census_data_finder/ A_Series/ Total_population. htm Total population of Bihar
http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ Census_Data_2001/ Census_data_finder/ A_Series/ age_groups. htm
http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ Census_Data_2001/ Projected_Population/ Projected_population. aspx
http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ Census_Data_2001/ Census_data_finder/ C_Series/ Population_density. htm Population Density
http:/ / gov. bih. nic. in/ profile/ Annexure-02. htm
http:/ / gov. bih. nic. in/ Profile/ CensusStats-02. htm
http:/ / gov. bih. nic. in/ Profile/ CensusStats-03. htm

[8] http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ Census_Data_2001/ Census_data_finder/ C_Series/ Population_by_religious_communities. htm
Population by Religion in Bihar
[9] Indian Census (http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ )
[10] Census Data 2001 Table of [[Language in Bihar (http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ Census_Data_2001/ Census_Data_Online/ Language/
Statement3. htm)]]
[11] http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ Census_Data_2001/ Census_data_finder/ C_Series/ Literates_and_educational_level. htm
[12] http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ Census_Data_2001/ Census_data_finder/ C_Series/ Literacy_rate. htm Literacy rate
[13] http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ Census_Data_2001/ Census_Data_Online/ Social_And_Cultural/ Literates_Rate. aspx Literates_Rate
[14] http:/ / industries. bih. nic. in/ Slides01/ Presentation. pdf
[15] Census GIS HouseHold (http:/ / www. censusindiamaps. net/ page/ Religion_WhizMap1/ housemap. htm)
[16] http:/ / gov. bih. nic. in/ Profile/ Annexure-01. htm Population Distribution, Percentage Decadal Growth Rate, Sex-Ratio and Population
Density
[17] http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ Census_Data_2001/ Census_data_finder/ D_Series/ International_migration. htm
[18] http:/ / www. censusindia. gov. in/ Census_Data_2001/ Census_data_finder/ D_Series/ Inter_state_migration. htm

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