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]

Population

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

• Population
  • Over All^[1]
    • 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^[4]
    • Total - 93,823,000
    • Male - 48,677,000
    • Female- 45,146,000
• Population Density - 881.^[5]
• Growth Rate -28.43^[6]
• Sex Ratio – 921 ^[7](female/1000 male)
• Literacy - 47.53 %^[8]
• Age Group -

Religious demographics

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

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

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

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

Miscellaneous statistics

• Migrants
  • Bihar is home of 2,12,015 international migrant.^[18]
  • Bihar is home of 1,619,031 inter state migrant.^[19]

See also

• Demographics of India
• Demographics of Asia

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 
3. ↑ http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/A_Series/age_groups.htm
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. ↑ 10.0 10.1 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