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

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

• 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

Main article: Religion in Bihar

Religion in Bihar [9]
Religion	Population
Hindu	69,076,919
Muslim	13,722,048
Christian	53,137
Sikh	20,780
Buddhist	18,818
Jain	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%

Main article: Language in Bihar

See also: Bihari languages, Angika, Bhojpuri, Magadhi, Maithili language, Urdu Language in Bihar, 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

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

See also

Bihar portal

• Demographics of India
• Demographics of Asia

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