CENSUS OF INDIA 2011

PROVISIONAL POPULATON TOTALS

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF

CENSUS OPERATIONS, BIHAR, PATNA.
 FIGURES AT A GLANCE - 2011 CENSUS
BIHAR
(i) Number of Districts : 38

(ii) Area in sq.km. : 94,163

(iii) Total Population :

Persons : 103,804,637

Males : 54,185,347

Females : 49,619,290

(iv) Decadal Population Growth 2001-2011

Absolute : 20,806,128

Percentage : 25.07

(v) Population Density : 1,102

(vi) Sex Ratio : 916

(vii) 0-6 Population : Absolute Percentage to

Total Population

Persons : 18,582,229 17.90

Males : 9,615,280 17.75

Females : 8,966,949 18.07

(viii) Literacy : Absolute Rate

Persons : 54,390,254 63.82

Males : 32,711,975 73.39

Females : 21,678,279 53.33

Note : For all calculation the population of “Others” have been clubbed with population of “Males”.

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 STATE HIGHLIGHTS – 2011 CENSUS
STATE – BIHAR
1. Number of Divisions : 9

2. Number of Districts : 38

3. Number of Sub-divisions : 101

4. Number of C.D. Blocks : 534

5. Number of Urban Agglomerations : 14

6. Number of Towns:

(i) Statutory Towns : 139

(ii) Census Towns (Non-statutory) : 60

7. Number of Revenue Villages : 44,874

(including 21 part villages which falls in two C.D.Blocks)

8. Most Populous District : Patna 5,772,804

Least Populous District : Sheikhpura 634,927

9. District with highest decadal growth : Madhepura 30.65

District with lowest decadal growth : Gopalganj 18.83

10. Most densely populated district : Sheohar 1,882

Least densely populated district : Kaimur(Bhabua) 488

11. District having highest sex-ratio : Gopalganj 1,015

District having lowest sex-ratio : Munger & Bhagalpur 879

12. District having highest literacy rate : Rohtas 75.59

District having lowest literacy rate : Purnia 52.49

13. Average population of a district of the state : 2,731,701

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 PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS 2011
Figures at a glance
India & States
State/UT India/States/Union Popu lation Percenta ge Sex ratio Popu la tion Literacy rate
Decadal (Female per density (per 20 11
Growth 1000 males) sq.km.)
Person Male Female 1991- 2001- 2001 2011 2001 2011 Person MaleFemale
2001 2011
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
INDIA 1,210,193,422 623,724,248 586,469,174 21.5 17.6 933 940 325 382 74.04 82.14 65.46
1 Jammu & Kashmir 12,548,926 6,665,561 5,883,365 29.4 23.7 892 883 100 124 68.74 78.26 58.01
2 Himachal Pradesh 6,856,509 3,473,892 3,382,617 17.5 12.8 968 974 109 123 83.78 90.83 76.60
3 Punjab 27,704,236 14,634,819 13,069,417 20.1 13.7 876 893 484 550 76.68 81.48 71.34
4 Chandigarh# 1,054,686 580,282 474,404 40.3 17.1 777 818 7900 9252 86.43 90.54 81.38
5 Uttrakhand 10,116,752 5,154,178 4,962,574 20.4 19.2 962 963 159 189 79.63 88.33 70.70
6 Haryana 25,353,081 13,505,130 11,847,951 28.4 19.9 861 877 478 573 76.64 85.38 66.77
7 NCT of Delhi# 16,753,235 8,976,410 7,776,825 47.0 21.0 821 866 9340 11297 86.34 91.03 80.93
8 Rajasthan 68,621,012 35,620,086 33,000,926 28.4 21.4 921 926 165 201 67.06 80.51 52.66
9 Uttar Pradesh 199,581,477 104,596,415 94,985,062 25.9 20.1 898 908 690 828 69.72 79.24 59.26
10 Bihar 103,804,637 54,185,347 49,619,290 28.6 25.1 919 916 881 1102 63.82 73.39 53.33
11 Sikkim 607,688 321,661 286,027 33.1 12.4 875 889 76 86 82.20 87.29 76.43
12 Arunachal Pradesh 1,382,611 720,232 662,379 27.0 25.9 893 920 13 17 66.95 73.69 59.57
13 Nagaland 1,980,602 1,025,707 954,895 64.5 -0.5 900 931 120 119 80.11 83.29 76.69
14 Manipur 2,721,756 1,369,764 1,351,992 24.9 18.7 978 987 103 122 79.85 86.49 73.17
15 Mizoram 1,091,014 552,339 538,675 28.8 22.8 935 975 42 52 91.58 93.72 89.40
16 Tripura 3,671,032 1,871,867 1,799,165 16.0 14.8 948 961 305 350 87.75 92.18 83.15
17 Meghalaya 2,964,007 1,492,668 1,471,339 30.7 27.8 972 986 103 132 75.48 77.17 73.78
18 Assam 31,169,272 15,954,927 15,214,345 18.9 16.9 935 954 340 397 73.18 78.81 67.27
19 West Bangal 91,347,736 46,927,389 44,420,347 17.8 13.9 934 947 903 1029 77.08 82.67 71.16
20 Jharkhand 32,966,238 16,931,688 16,034,550 23.4 22.3 941 947 338 414 67.63 78.45 56.21
21 Orissa 41,947,358 21,201,678 20,745,680 16.3 14.0 972 978 236 269 73.45 82.40 64.36
22 Chhattisgarh 25,540,196 12,827,915 12,712,281 18.3 22.6 989 991 154 189 71.04 81.45 60.59
23 Madhaya Pradesh 72,597,565 37,612,920 34,984,645 24.3 20.3 919 930 196 236 70.63 80.53 60.02
24 Gujrat 60,383,628 31,482,282 28,901,346 22.7 19.2 920 918 258 308 79.31 87.23 70.73
25 Daman & Diu# 242,911 150,100 92,811 55.7 53.5 710 618 1413 2169 87.07 91.48 79.59
26 Dadar & Nagar Haweli# 342,853 193,178 149,675 59.2 55.5 812 775 449 698 77.65 86.46 65.93
27 Maharastra 112,372,972 58,361,397 54,011,575 22.7 16.0 922 925 315 365 82.91 89.82 75.48
28 Andhra Pradesh 84,665,533 42,509,881 42,155,652 14.6 11.1 978 992 277 308 67.66 75.56 59.74
29 Karnataka 61,130,704 31,057,742 30,072,962 17.5 15.7 965 968 276 319 75.6 82.85 68.13
30 Goa 1,457,723 740,711 717,012 15.2 8.2 961 968 364 394 87.4 92.81 81.84
31 Lakshdweep# 64,429 33,106 31,323 17.3 6.2 948 946 1895 2013 92.28 96.11 88.25
32 Kerala 33,387,677 16,021,290 17,366,387 9.4 4.9 1058 1084 819 859 93.91 96.02 91.98
33 Tamilnadu 72,138,958 36,158,871 35,980,087 11.7 15.6 987 995 480 555 80.33 86.81 73.86
34 Puducherry# 1,244,464 610,485 633,979 20.6 27.7 1001 1038 2030 2598 86.55 92.12 81.22
35 Andman & Nicobar Islands# 379,944 202,330 177,614 26.9 6.7 846 878 43 46 86.27 90.11 81.84

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 General Notes

1. The figures for India and Manipur, include by sex, the estimated population, 0-6 population and literates of
Paomata, Mao Maram and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur for Census 2001 and 2011

2. For working out density of India and the State of Jammu & Kashmir, the entire area and population of
those portions of Jammu & Kashmir which are under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China have not been
taken into account.

3. For Census 2011, the population of “Others” has been clubbed with the “Males” for working out population,
0-6 population, literates and related rates and ratios.

4. In working out ‘decadal variation’ and ‘percentage decadal variation’ for 1941-1951 & 1951-1961 of India
and Nagaland State, the population of Tuensang District for 1951 (7,025) & the population of Tuensang (83,501)
& Mon (50,774) districts for 1961 Census have not been taken into account as the area was censused for
the first time in 1951 and the same are not comparable.

5. The 1981 Census could not be held owing to disturbed conditions prevailing in Assam. Hence the
population figures for 1981 of Assam have been worked out by ‘Interpolation’.

6. The 1991 Census was not held in Jammu & Kashmir. Hence the population figures for 1991 of
Jammu & Kashmir have been worked out by ‘Interpolation’.

7. The distribution of population of Pondicherry (Puducherry) by sex for 1901 (246,354), and 1931
(258,628) and 1941 (285,011) is not avaiable. The figures of India for these years are, therefore, exclusive
of these population figures so far as distribution by sex is concerned.

8. Arunachal Pradesh was censused for the first time in 1961.

9. In 1951, Tuensang was censused for the first time for 129.5 sq.kms. of areas only. In 1961 censused
areas of Tuensang District of Nagaland was increased to 5356.1 sq. kms.

10. Due to non-availability of census data the figures for the decades, from 1901 to 1951 have been
estimated for the districts of Kohima, Phek, Wokha, Zunheboto, and Mokokchung of Nagaland. Estimation
however could not be done for Tuensang and Mon as they were not fully censused prior to 1961.

11. As the sex break-up for the districts.Sheopur, Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Datia, Shivpuri, Guna, Ratlam,
Ujjain, Shajapur, Dewas, Jhabua, Dhar, Indore, West Nimar ( Khargone ), Barwani, Rajgarh, Bhopal, Sehore
and Raisen is not available for the year 1901. Figures for males and females have been estimated for the
year 1901 for Madhya Pradesh.

12. One village Ramtapur (code No. 217 and 101 in 1951 and 1961 respectively) of Jukkal circle of Degulur
taluka which was transferred under the state Reorganisation Act, 1956 from Maharashtra to Andhra Pradesh,
still continues in Nanded district of Maharashtra. The population of this village has, however, been adjusted in
Nizamabad district for the year 1901 - 1951.

13. The names of Uttaranchal and Pondicherry have changed to Uttarakhand and Puducherry respectively
after Census 2001

Note of caution:

The figures in this report being of a provisional nature, only the important footnotes have been given above.
The detailed footnotes would be given when the final population tables are released.

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 Table 1
Distribution of Population, sex ratio, density and decadal growth rate of population : 2011
Sex ratio
District Total Population (females per Density Decadal
Code State/District Persons Males Females 1000 males) (Per sq.km) growth rate
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Bihar 103,804,637 54,185,347 49,619,290 916 1102 25.07
01 Pashchim Champaran 3,922,780 2,057,669 1,865,111 906 750 28.89
02 Purba Champaran 5,082,868 2,674,037 2,408,831 901 1281 29.01
03 Sheohar 656,916 347,614 309,302 890 1882 27.32
04 Sitamarhi 3,419,622 1,800,441 1,619,181 899 1491 27.47
05 Madhubani 4,476,044 2,324,984 2,151,060 925 1279 25.19
06 Supaul 2,228,397 1,157,815 1,070,582 925 919 28.62
07 Araria 2,806,200 1,460,878 1,345,322 921 992 30.00
08 Kishanganj 1,690,948 868,845 822,103 946 898 30.44
09 Purnia 3,273,127 1,695,829 1,577,298 930 1014 28.66
10 Katihar 3,068,149 1,601,158 1,466,991 916 1004 28.23
11 Madhepura 1,994,618 1,042,373 952,245 914 1116 30.65
12 Saharsa 1,897,102 995,502 901,600 906 1125 25.79
13 Darbhanga 3,921,971 2,053,043 1,868,928 910 1721 19.00
14 Muzaffarpur 4,778,610 2,517,500 2,261,110 898 1506 27.54
15 Gopalganj 2,558,037 1,269,677 1,288,360 1,015 1258 18.83
16 Siwan 3,318,176 1,672,121 1,646,055 984 1495 22.25
17 Saran 3,943,098 2,023,476 1,919,622 949 1493 21.37
18 Vaishali 3,495,249 1,847,058 1,648,191 892 1717 28.58
19 Samastipur 4,254,782 2,228,432 2,026,350 909 1465 25.33
20 Begusarai 2,954,367 1,560,203 1,394,164 894 1540 25.75
21 Khagaria 1,657,599 880,065 777,534 883 1115 29.46
22 Bhagalpur 3,032,226 1,614,014 1,418,212 879 1180 25.13
23 Banka 2,029,339 1,064,307 965,032 907 672 26.14
24 Munger 1,359,054 723,280 635,774 879 958 19.45
25 Lakhisarai 1,000,717 526,651 474,066 900 815 24.74
26 Sheikhpura 634,927 329,593 305,334 926 922 20.82
27 Nalanda 2,872,523 1,495,577 1,376,946 921 1220 21.18
28 Patna 5,772,804 3,051,117 2,721,687 892 1803 22.34
29 Bhojpur 2,720,155 1,431,722 1,288,433 900 1136 21.27
30 Buxar 1,707,643 888,356 819,287 922 1003 21.77
31 Kaimur (Bhabua) 1,626,900 847,784 779,116 919 488 27.54
32 Rohtas 2,962,593 1,547,856 1,414,737 914 763 20.22
33 Aurangabad 2,511,243 1,310,867 1,200,376 916 760 24.75
34 Gaya 4,379,383 2,266,865 2,112,518 932 880 26.08
35 Nawada 2,216,653 1,145,123 1,071,530 936 889 22.49
36 Jamui 1756078 914368 841710 921 567 25.54
37 Jehanabad 1124176 586202 537974 918 1206 21.34
38 Arwal 699563 362945 336618 927 1099 19.01

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 Table 2
Population of State /Districts by sex and percentage share of population in total population
District Total population Percentage share in
Code State / District Persons Males Females total population
1 2 3 4 5 6
Bihar 103,804,637 54,185,347 49,619,290 100.00
01 Pashchim Champaran 3,922,780 2,057,669 1,865,111 3.78
02 Purba Champaran 5,082,868 2,674,037 2,408,831 4.90
03 Sheohar 656,916 347,614 309,302 0.63
04 Sitamarhi 3,419,622 1,800,441 1,619,181 3.29
05 Madhubani 4,476,044 2,324,984 2,151,060 4.31
06 Supaul 2,228,397 1,157,815 1,070,582 2.15
07 Araria 2,806,200 1,460,878 1,345,322 2.70
08 Kishanganj 1,690,948 868,845 822,103 1.63
09 Purnia 3,273,127 1,695,829 1,577,298 3.15
10 Katihar 3,068,149 1,601,158 1,466,991 2.96
11 Madhepura 1,994,618 1,042,373 952,245 1.92
12 Saharsa 1,897,102 995,502 901,600 1.83
13 Darbhanga 3,921,971 2,053,043 1,868,928 3.78
14 Muzaffarpur 4,778,610 2,517,500 2,261,110 4.60
15 Gopalganj 2,558,037 1,269,677 1,288,360 2.46
16 Siwan 3,318,176 1,672,121 1,646,055 3.20
17 Saran 3,943,098 2,023,476 1,919,622 3.80
18 Vaishali 3,495,249 1,847,058 1,648,191 3.37
19 Samastipur 4,254,782 2,228,432 2,026,350 4.10
20 Begusarai 2,954,367 1,560,203 1,394,164 2.85
21 Khagaria 1,657,599 880,065 777,534 1.60
22 Bhagalpur 3,032,226 1,614,014 1,418,212 2.92
23 Banka 2,029,339 1,064,307 965,032 1.95
24 Munger 1,359,054 723,280 635,774 1.31
25 Lakhisarai 1,000,717 526,651 474,066 0.96
26 Sheikhpura 634,927 329,593 305,334 0.61
27 Nalanda 2,872,523 1,495,577 1,376,946 2.77
28 Patna 5,772,804 3,051,117 2,721,687 5.56
29 Bhojpur 2,720,155 1,431,722 1,288,433 2.62
30 Buxar 1,707,643 888,356 819,287 1.65
31 Kaimur (Bhabua) 1,626,900 847,784 779,116 1.57
32 Rohtas 2,962,593 1,547,856 1,414,737 2.85
33 Aurangabad 2,511,243 1,310,867 1,200,376 2.42
34 Gaya 4,379,383 2,266,865 2,112,518 4.22
35 Nawada 2,216,653 1,145,123 1,071,530 2.14
36 Jamui 1,756,078 914,368 841,710 1.69
37 Jehanabad 1,124,176 586,202 537,974 1.08
38 Arwal 699,563 362,945 336,618 0.67

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 Table 3(1)
Child population in the age group 0-6 by sex: 2011
District Child Population in the age group 0-6
Code State/District Persons Males Females
1 2 3 4 5
Bihar 18,582,229 9,615,280 8,966,949
01 Pashchim Champaran 753,429 386,320 367,109
02 Purba Champaran 993,569 516,736 476,833
03 Sheohar 124,919 64,892 60,027
04 Sitamarhi 643,851 333,315 310,536
05 Madhubani 779,360 403,516 375,844
06 Supaul 424,411 218,560 205,851
07 Araria 564,131 288,728 275,403
08 Kishanganj 341,943 173,914 168,029
09 Purnia 644,083 329,865 314,218
10 Katihar 601,745 307,584 294,161
11 Madhepura 397,468 206,647 190,821
12 Saharsa 377,504 195,819 181,685
13 Darbhanga 700,992 363,597 337,395
14 Muzaffarpur 817,709 426,633 391,076
15 Gopalganj 437,031 224,717 212,314
16 Siwan 532,868 275,500 257,368
17 Saran 657,316 342,060 315,256
18 Vaishali 591,634 312,354 279,280
19 Samastipur 784,203 404,068 380,135
20 Begusarai 532,382 278,564 253,818
21 Khagaria 347,048 181,528 165,520
22 Bhagalpur 532,307 275,248 257,059
23 Banka 362,548 186,986 175,562
24 Munger 221,026 114,841 106,185
25 Lakhisarai 182,234 95,154 87,080
26 Sheikhpura 118,228 60,952 57,276
27 Nalanda 501,046 259,703 241,343
28 Patna 905,708 476,906 428,802
29 Bhojpur 440,847 230,267 210,580
30 Buxar 286,969 149,097 137,872
31 Kaimur (Bhabua) 291,785 150,490 141,295
32 Rohtas 493,047 256,108 236,939
33 Aurangabad 438,065 225,256 212,809
34 Gaya 762,507 389,247 373,260
35 Nawada 367,231 184,990 182,241
36 Jamui 313455 160287 153168
37 Jehanabad 193946 101103 92843
38 Arwal 123684 63728 59956

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 Table 3(2)
Population aged 7 years and above by sex : 2011
District Total Population of 7 years and above by sex
Code State/District Persons Males Females
1 2 3 4 5
Bihar 85,222,408 44,570,067 40,652,341
01 Pashchim Champaran 3,169,351 1,671,349 1,498,002
02 Purba Champaran 4,089,299 2,157,301 1,931,998
03 Sheohar 531,997 282,722 249,275
04 Sitamarhi 2,775,771 1,467,126 1,308,645
05 Madhubani 3,696,684 1,921,468 1,775,216
06 Supaul 1,803,986 939,255 864,731
07 Araria 2,242,069 1,172,150 1,069,919
08 Kishanganj 1,349,005 694,931 654,074
09 Purnia 2,629,044 1,365,964 1,263,080
10 Katihar 2,466,404 1,293,574 1,172,830
11 Madhepura 1,597,150 835,726 761,424
12 Saharsa 1,519,598 799,683 719,915
13 Darbhanga 3,220,979 1,689,446 1,531,533
14 Muzaffarpur 3,960,901 2,090,867 1,870,034
15 Gopalganj 2,121,006 1,044,960 1,076,046
16 Siwan 2,785,308 1,396,621 1,388,687
17 Saran 3,285,782 1,681,416 1,604,366
18 Vaishali 2,903,615 1,534,704 1,368,911
19 Samastipur 3,470,579 1,824,364 1,646,215
20 Begusarai 2,421,985 1,281,639 1,140,346
21 Khagaria 1,310,551 698,537 612,014
22 Bhagalpur 2,499,919 1,338,766 1,161,153
23 Banka 1,666,791 877,321 789,470
24 Munger 1,138,028 608,439 529,589
25 Lakhisarai 818,483 431,497 386,986
26 Sheikhpura 516,699 268,641 248,058
27 Nalanda 2,371,477 1,235,874 1,135,603
28 Patna 4,867,096 2,574,211 2,292,885
29 Bhojpur 2,279,308 1,201,455 1,077,853
30 Buxar 1,420,674 739,259 681,415
31 Kaimur (Bhabua) 1,335,115 697,294 637,821
32 Rohtas 2,469,546 1,291,748 1,177,798
33 Aurangabad 2,073,178 1,085,611 987,567
34 Gaya 3,616,876 1,877,618 1,739,258
35 Nawada 1,849,422 960,133 889,289
36 Jamui 1,442,623 754,081 688,542
37 Jehanabad 930,230 485,099 445,131
38 Arwal 575,879 299,217 276,662

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 Table 3(3)
Literates and literacy rates by sex : 2011
District Literates Literacy rate (%)
Code State/District Persons Males Females Persons Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Bihar 54,390,254 32,711,975 21,678,279 63.82 73.39 53.33
01 Pashchim Champaran 1,839,984 1,139,136 700,848 58.06 68.16 46.79
02 Purba Champaran 2,382,348 1,467,319 915,029 58.26 68.02 47.36
03 Sheohar 297,938 180,154 117,784 56.00 63.72 47.25
04 Sitamarhi 1,485,896 917,879 568,017 53.53 62.56 43.40
05 Madhubani 2,251,107 1,393,708 857,399 60.90 72.53 48.30
06 Supaul 1,076,133 672,945 403,188 59.65 71.65 46.63
07 Araria 1,235,303 751,900 483,403 55.10 64.15 45.18
08 Kishanganj 769,439 455,615 313,824 57.04 65.56 47.98
09 Purnia 1,380,052 834,533 545,519 52.49 61.09 43.19
10 Katihar 1,321,024 788,969 532,055 53.56 60.99 45.37
11 Madhepura 858,886 533,342 325,544 53.78 63.82 42.75
12 Saharsa 829,206 521,560 307,646 54.57 65.22 42.73
13 Darbhanga 1,876,638 1,158,664 717,974 58.26 68.58 46.88
14 Muzaffarpur 2,601,665 1,539,154 1,062,511 65.68 73.61 56.82
15 Gopalganj 1,421,866 818,991 602,875 67.04 78.38 56.03
16 Siwan 1,994,056 1,155,972 838,084 71.59 82.77 60.35
17 Saran 2,252,914 1,340,226 912,688 68.57 79.71 56.89
18 Vaishali 1,990,809 1,181,754 809,055 68.56 77.00 59.10
19 Samastipur 2,214,498 1,333,406 881,092 63.81 73.09 53.52
20 Begusarai 1,604,148 953,052 651,096 66.23 74.36 57.10
21 Khagaria 797,784 478,545 319,239 60.87 68.51 52.16
22 Bhagalpur 1,623,909 967,924 655,985 64.96 72.30 56.49
23 Banka 1,002,069 612,053 390,016 60.12 69.76 49.40
24 Munger 834,162 487,096 347,066 73.30 80.06 65.53
25 Lakhisarai 531,633 319,208 212,425 64.95 73.98 54.89
26 Sheikhpura 340,799 204,533 136,266 65.96 76.14 54.93
27 Nalanda 1,574,818 952,970 621,848 66.41 77.11 54.76
28 Patna 3,527,409 2,066,494 1,460,915 72.47 80.28 63.72
29 Bhojpur 1,659,049 1,010,138 648,911 72.79 84.08 60.20
30 Buxar 1,019,682 611,944 407,738 71.77 82.78 59.84
31 Kaimur (Bhabua) 948,105 568,197 379,908 71.01 81.49 59.56
32 Rohtas 1,866,684 1,101,703 764,981 75.59 85.29 64.95
33 Aurangabad 1,508,596 895,834 612,762 72.77 82.52 62.05
34 Gaya 2,399,682 1,427,447 972,235 66.35 76.02 55.90
35 Nawada 1,139,832 685,513 454,319 61.63 71.40 51.09
36 Jamui 896670 556264 340406 62.16 73.77 49.44
37 Jehanabad 635022 384670 250352 68.27 79.3 56.24
38 Arwal 400439 243163 157276 69.54 81.27 56.85

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 Table 4
Sex ratio of Total population and child population in the age group 0-6 : 2001 and 2011
Child Population in
District Total Population the age group 0-6 7 and above
Code State/District 2001 2011 2001 2011 2001 2011
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Bihar 919 916 942 933 914 912
01 Pashchim Champaran 901 906 953 950 888 896
02 Purba Champaran 897 901 937 923 886 896
03 Sheohar 885 890 916 925 877 882
04 Sitamarhi 892 899 924 932 884 892
05 Madhubani 942 925 939 931 943 924
06 Supaul 920 925 925 942 919 921
07 Araria 913 921 963 954 900 913
08 Kishanganj 936 946 947 966 933 941
09 Purnia 915 930 967 953 901 925
10 Katihar 919 916 966 956 906 907
11 Madhepura 915 914 927 923 912 911
12 Saharsa 910 906 912 928 910 900
13 Darbhanga 914 910 915 928 913 907
14 Muzaffarpur 920 898 928 917 918 894
15 Gopalganj 1001 1015 964 945 1011 1030
16 Siwan 1031 984 934 934 1058 994
17 Saran 966 949 949 922 970 954
18 Vaishali 920 892 937 894 916 892
19 Samastipur 928 909 938 941 926 902
20 Begusarai 912 894 946 911 903 890
21 Khagaria 885 883 932 912 872 876
22 Bhagalpur 876 879 966 934 855 867
23 Banka 908 907 965 939 894 900
24 Munger 872 879 914 925 863 870
25 Lakhisarai 921 900 951 915 913 897
26 Sheikhpura 918 926 955 940 908 923
27 Nalanda 914 921 942 929 907 919
28 Patna 873 892 923 899 862 891
29 Bhojpur 902 900 940 915 893 897
30 Buxar 899 922 925 925 893 922
31 Kaimur (Bhabua) 902 919 940 939 892 915
32 Rohtas 910 914 951 925 900 912
33 Aurangabad 934 916 943 945 932 910
34 Gaya 938 932 968 959 931 926
35 Nawada 946 936 978 985 938 926
36 Jamui 918 921 963 956 908 913
37 Jehanabad 925 918 915 918 928 918
38 Arwal 935 927 920 941 939 925

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Ranking of Districts by Population Size, 2001 and 2011
Rank in 2011 District Population 2011 Percent to total Population 2001 Percent to Rank
population of the total population in
State 2011 of the State 2001 2001
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Patna 5,772,804 5.56 4,718,592 5.69 1
2 Purba Champaran 5,082,868 4.90 3,939,773 4.75 2
3 Muzaffarpur 4,778,610 4.60 3,746,714 4.51 3
4 Madhubani 4,476,044 4.31 3,575,281 4.31 4
5 Gaya 4,379,383 4.22 3,473,428 4.18 5
6 Samastipur 4,254,782 4.10 3,394,793 4.09 6
7 Saran 3,943,098 3.80 3,248,701 3.91 8
8 Pashchim Champaran 3,922,780 3.78 3,043,466 3.67 9
9 Darbhanga 3,921,971 3.78 3,295,789 3.97 7
10 Vaishali 3,495,249 3.37 2,718,421 3.28 10
11 Sitamarhi 3,419,622 3.29 2,682,720 3.23 12
12 Siwan 3,318,176 3.20 2,714,349 3.27 11
13 Purnia 3,273,127 3.15 2,543,942 3.07 13
14 Katihar 3,068,149 2.96 2,392,638 2.88 16
15 Bhagalpur 3,032,226 2.92 2,423,172 2.92 15
16 Rohtas 2,962,593 2.85 2,464,243 2.97 14
17 Begusarai 2,954,367 2.85 2,349,366 2.83 18
18 Nalanda 2,872,523 2.77 2,370,528 2.86 17
19 Araria 2,806,200 2.70 2,158,608 2.60 20
20 Bhojpur 2,720,155 2.62 2,243,144 2.70 19
21 Gopalganj 2,558,037 2.46 2,152,638 2.59 21
22 Aurangabad 2,511,243 2.42 2,013,055 2.43 22
23 Supaul 2,228,397 2.15 1,732,578 2.09 24
24 Nawada 2,216,653 2.14 1,809,696 2.18 23
25 Banka 2,029,339 1.95 1,608,773 1.94 25
26 Madhepura 1,994,618 1.92 1,526,646 1.84 26
27 Saharsa 1,897,102 1.83 1,508,182 1.82 27
28 Jamui 1,756,078 1.69 1,398,796 1.69 29
29 Buxar 1,707,643 1.65 1,402,396 1.69 28
30 Kishanganj 1,690,948 1.63 1,296,348 1.56 30
31 Khagaria 1,657,599 1.60 1,280,354 1.54 31
32 Kaimur (Bhabua) 1,626,900 1.57 1,275,579 1.54 32
33 Munger 1,359,054 1.31 1,137,797 1.37 33
34 Jehanabad 1,124,176 1.08 926,489 1.12 34
35 Lakhisarai 1,000,717 0.96 802,225 0.97 35
36 Arwal 699,563 0.67 587,826 0.71 36
37 Sheohar 656,916 0.63 515,961 0.62 38
38 Sheikhpura 634,927 0.61 525,502 0.63 37

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Ranking of Districts by Sex Ratio, 2001 and 2011
Rank in 2011 District Sex- ratio (Number of Females per 1000 Males) Rank in 2001

2011 2001
1 2 3 4 5
1 Gopalganj 1,015 1,001 2
2 Siwan 984 1,031 1
3 Saran 949 966 3
4 Kishanganj 946 936 7
5 Nawada 936 946 4
6 Gaya 932 938 6
7 Purnia 930 915 20
8 Arwal 927 935 8
9 Sheikhpura 926 918 18
10 Madhubani 925 942 5
11 Supaul 925 920 13
12 Buxar 922 899 31
13 Araria 921 913 23
14 Nalanda 921 914 21
15 Jamui 921 918 17
16 Kaimur (Bhabua) 919 902 28
17 Jehanabad 918 925 11
18 Katihar 916 919 16
19 Aurangabad 916 934 9
20 Rohtas 914 910 26
21 Madhepura 914 915 19
22 Darbhanga 910 914 22
23 Samastipur 909 928 10
24 Banka 907 908 27
25 Pashchim Champaran 906 901 30
26 Saharsa 906 910 25
27 Purba Champaran 901 897 32
28 Lakhisarai 900 921 12
29 Bhojpur 900 902 29
30 Sitamarhi 899 892 33
31 Muzaffarpur 898 920 15
32 Begusarai 894 912 24
33 Vaishali 892 920 14
34 Patna 892 873 37
35 Sheohar 890 885 34
36 Khagaria 883 885 35
37 Munger 879 872 38
38 Bhagalpur 879 876 36

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Literacy Rates by Sex for State and District : 2001 and 2011
Literacy rate
State/District Persons Males Females
Code State/District 2001 2011 2001 2011 2001 2011
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
10 BIHAR 47.00 63.82 59.68 73.39 33.12 53.33
01 Pashchim Champaran 38.93 58.06 51.08 68.16 25.23 46.79
02 Purba Champaran 37.54 58.26 49.31 68.02 24.27 47.36
03 Sheohar 35.27 56.00 45.28 63.72 23.86 47.25
04 Sitamarhi 38.46 53.53 49.36 62.56 26.13 43.40
05 Madhubani 41.97 60.90 56.79 72.53 26.25 48.30
06 Supaul 37.28 59.65 52.42 71.65 20.81 46.63
07 Araria 35.01 55.10 46.38 64.15 22.37 45.18
08 Kishanganj 31.09 57.04 42.71 65.56 18.63 47.98
09 Purnia 35.10 52.49 45.63 61.09 23.42 43.19
10 Katihar 35.09 53.56 45.31 60.99 23.80 45.37
11 Madhepura 36.07 53.78 48.80 63.82 22.11 42.75
12 Saharsa 39.08 54.57 51.66 65.22 25.27 42.73
13 Darbhanga 44.33 58.26 56.72 68.58 30.78 46.88
14 Muzaffarpur 47.95 65.68 59.10 73.61 35.81 56.82
15 Gopalganj 47.48 67.04 62.96 78.38 32.16 56.03
16 Siwan 51.65 71.59 67.26 82.77 36.88 60.35
17 Saran 51.80 68.57 67.30 79.71 35.82 56.89
18 Vaishali 50.49 68.56 63.23 77.00 36.58 59.10
19 Samastipur 45.13 63.81 57.59 73.09 31.67 53.52
20 Begusarai 47.98 66.23 59.13 74.36 35.64 57.10
21 Khagaria 41.35 60.87 51.82 68.51 29.35 52.16
22 Bhagalpur 49.50 64.96 59.22 72.30 38.13 56.49
23 Banka 42.73 60.12 55.29 69.76 28.67 49.40
24 Munger 59.47 73.30 69.89 80.06 47.40 65.53
25 Lakhisarai 47.96 64.95 60.74 73.98 33.96 54.89
26 Sheikhpura 48.60 65.96 61.94 76.14 33.92 54.93
27 Nalanda 53.19 66.41 66.44 77.11 38.58 54.76
28 Patna 62.92 72.47 73.34 80.28 50.83 63.72
29 Bhojpur 58.96 72.79 74.29 84.08 41.80 60.20
30 Buxar 56.80 71.77 71.92 82.78 39.88 59.84
31 Kaimur (Bhabua) 55.09 71.01 69.64 81.49 38.79 59.56
32 Rohtas 61.28 75.59 75.29 85.29 45.69 64.95
33 Aurangabad 57.03 72.77 71.13 82.52 41.90 62.05
34 Gaya 50.45 66.35 63.27 76.02 36.66 55.90
35 Nawada 46.83 61.63 60.58 71.40 32.17 51.09
36 Jamui 42.43 62.16 57.06 73.77 26.32 49.44
37 Jehanabad 55.22 68.27 69.52 79.30 39.82 56.24
38 Arwal 55.31 69.54 70.95 81.27 38.66 56.85

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