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Bihar

Bihar is the eastern state in India, it borders Nepal to the north, Jharkhand to the south, West Bengal to the east and Uttar Pradesh to the west. It is third most populous and one of the ancient place who depends vastly on agriculture in India, around 80% of state population is employed in agricultural activities. Bihar is termed as underdeveloped and poor state with low per captia income. Maithili is most widely spoken language in Bihar. It has a literacy rate of 63.82% lowest compared to average of India.

Bihar Population 2022/2023

119,461,013
As per the Aadhar Statistics the Bihar population in 2022/2023 is 119,461,013 (119.46 Millions) as compared to last census 2011 is 104,099,452. Growth rate of 14.76 percent of population increased from year 2011 in Bihar. till 2018.
Population in Crores is 11.95 Crores
(February 2019 estimates till December 2018 as per Aadhar Uidai)

CapitalPatna
LanguagesHindi, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Angika, Magahi, Magadhi Prakrit, Urdu
Population104099452 (2011 Census)
Patna is the Capital of Bihar
NameTotal Population PersonTotal Population MaleTotal Population FemaleNo of Households
BIHAR104099452542781574982129518913565
Pashchim Champaran393504220611101873932710461
Purba Champaran509937126812092418162981516
Sheohar656246346673309573150144
Sitamarhi342357418032521620322736322
Madhubani448737923293132158066898515
Supaul222907611552831073793443073
Araria281156914633331348236568142
Kishanganj1690400866970823430338445
Purnia326461916993701565249647777
Katihar307102916004301470599619076
Madhepura20017621047559954203401289
Saharsa1900661997174903487368979
Darbhanga393738520599491877436803012
Muzaffarpur480106225274972273565945703
Gopalganj256201212676661294346413044
Siwan333046416750901655374535661
Saran395186220228211929041631097
Vaishali349502118445351650486626087
Samastipur426156622300032031563835493
Begusarai297054115676601402881589667
Khagaria1666886883786783100328823
Bhagalpur303776616156631422103564711
Banka20347631067140967623381601
Munger1367765729041638724263171
Lakhisarai1000912526345474567163355
Sheikhpura636342329743306599100701
Nalanda287765314970601380593477529
Patna583846530785122759953975578
Bhojpur272840714303801298027416090
Buxar1706352887977818375261660
Kaimur (Bhabua)1626384847006779378250884
Rohtas295991815435461416372460345
Aurangabad254007313186841221389391898
Gaya439141822665662124852688425
Nawada221914611446681074478338247
Jamui1760405916064844341307082
Jehanabad1125313585582539731181740
Arwal700843363497337346118222

(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 : 2 5 . 0 7
   
(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 73.3 9
Females : 21,678,279 53.3
   
STATE HIGHLIGHTS – 2011 CENSUS  
1. Number of Divisions : 9  
2. Number of Districts : 3 8
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 : 1 3 9
(ii) Census Towns (Non-statutory) : 6 0
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 : 2,731,70		  

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