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][2]

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Population

Population by Age group [3]
Age Group Total Male 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) [1]

Projected population of Bihar for year 2008 is 93,823,000 (Total), 48,677,000 (Male) and 45,146,000(Female).[4]

Key data

Religious demographics

Main article: Religion in Bihar
Religion in Bihar [9]
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.[10] Islam is practiced by 16.5% of the population, and other religions less than 0.5%.[10]

Linguistic demographics

Languages of Bihar[11]
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 Austro-Asiatic 0.47%
See also: Bihari languages, Angika, Bhojpuri, Magadhi, Maithili language, Urdu Language, and Magadhi Prakrit

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 [12]
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
Main articles: Education in Bihar and Literacy In Bihar

Bihar has a total literacy rate is 47%. Overall Males and Female literacy rate is 59.7% and 33.1% respectively.[13] 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. .[14] 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%).

Economical demographics

Main article: Economy of Bihar

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[15]

Ethnic groups

Bihar's major ethnic group is Indo-aryans.[16]

Districts

Districtwise Demographics[17]
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
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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/A_Series/Total_population.htm Total population of Bihar
  2. ^ "census of india". Census of India 2001. Government of India. 27 May 2002. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 
  3. ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/A_Series/age_groups.htm
  4. ^ a b http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Projected_Population/Projected_population.aspx
  5. ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Population_density.htm Population Density
  6. ^ http://gov.bih.nic.in/profile/Annexure-02.htm
  7. ^ http://gov.bih.nic.in/Profile/CensusStats-02.htm
  8. ^ http://gov.bih.nic.in/Profile/CensusStats-03.htm
  9. ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Population_by_religious_communities.htm Population by Religion in Bihar
  10. ^ a b Indian Census
  11. ^ Census Data 2001 Table of Language in Bihar
  12. ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Literates_and_educational_level.htm
  13. ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Literacy_rate.htm Literacy rate
  14. ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Social_And_Cultural/Literates_Rate.aspx Literates_Rate
  15. ^ http://industries.bih.nic.in/Slides01/Presentation.pdf
  16. ^ Census GIS HouseHold
  17. ^ http://gov.bih.nic.in/Profile/Annexure-01.htm Population Distribution, Percentage Decadal Growth Rate, Sex-Ratio and Population Density
  18. ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/D_Series/International_migration.htm
  19. ^ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/D_Series/Inter_state_migration.htm