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Demographics bihar census 2011
Population of Bihar in bihar census 2011
What do you mean by Poulation ?
Poulation means Total number of residents living in any particular area.
As per the census 2011 population of Bihar is Approximate 10.41 Crores.
In the below table, We included 5 most populated district and 5 least populated district with their population alongside.
| Most Populated District of Bihar | Least Populated District of Bihar |
| Patna-5,838,465 | Sheikhpura– 636,342 |
| East Champaran-5,099,371 | Sheohar– 656,246 |
| Muzaffarpur-4,801,062 | Arwal– 700,843 |
| Madhubani-4,487,379 | Lakhisarai-1,000,912 |
| Gaya-4,391,418 | Jehanabad-1,125,313 |
Population Density of Bihar
What is population density ?
No. of people living in 1 square kilometre of area is population density.
As per the census 2011 density of Bihar state is 1,106 per sq km. In below table we have shown 5 district having most population density and 5 district having least population density.
| Most Population Density | Least Population Density |
| Sheohar-1880 | Kaimur-488 |
| Patna-1823 | Jamui-568 |
| Darbhanga-1728 | Banka-674 |
| Vaishali-1717 | West Champaran-753 |
| Muzaffarpur-1514 | Rohtas-763 |
Literacy Rates bihar census 2011
| Highest Literacy Rates | Least Literacy Rates |
| Rohtas-73.37 % | Purnia-51.08 % |
| Patna-70.68 % | Sitamarhi-52.05 % |
| Bhojpur-70.47 % | Katihar-52.24 % |
| Munger-70.46 % | Madhepura-52.25 % |
| Aurangabad-70.32 % | Saharsa-53.20 % |
Sex Ratio bihar census 2011
| Highest Sex Ratio | Lowest Sex Ratio |
| Gopalganj-1021 | Munger-876 |
| Siwan-988 | Bhagalpur-880 |
| Saran-954 | Sheohar-893 |
| Kishanganj-950 | Begusarai-895 |
| Nawada-939 | Patna-897 |
Marital Status – bihar census 2011
| Married | Widowed | Seperated | Divorced | Overall |
| 46,302,047 | 3,297,891 | 75,805 | 21,627 |
National Family Health Survey (NFHS)
What is National Family Health Survey ?
National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in India to collect data on various health and family welfare indicators. It is one of the most comprehensive sources of information on health and nutrition in the country. The NFHS provides critical data that helps in policy formulation, program planning, and evaluation of health and family welfare programs.
NFHS provide reliable and comparable data on fertility, mortality, maternal and child health, nutrition, and family planning.
NFHS 5 report for Bihar
- In Bihar, over four-fifths (84%) of the households are in rural areas.
- On average, households are comprised of 4.8 members.
- Twenty-three percent of households are headed by women.
- 19 percent of the population living in female-headed households.
- Eighty-six percent of households in Bihar have household heads who are Hindu.
- Fourteen percent of households have household heads who are Muslim.
- More than half of households (57%) are nuclear.
- 43 percent of the population reside in non-nuclear households.
Caste Wise Percentage
- More than half of households (53%) in Bihar have household heads who belong to an other backward class.
- one-quarter (24%) belong to a scheduled caste.
- Four percent of household heads belong to a scheduled tribe.
Good Achievement of Bihar
- Eighty-six percent of persons have an Aadhaar card.
- Bihar have basic drinking water service, and 99 percent of households use an improved source of drinking water.
- Almost all households (96%) have electricity.
- Ninety-eight percent of households in all urban households (97%) and most rural households (93%) in Bihar have a mobile phone.
- Ninety-six percent of households have a bank or post office account.
- Three-quarters (76%) of births take place in a health facility (mostly a government facility), and one-quarter (24%) of births take place at home.
- Nearly three-quarters (71%) of children age 12-23 months received all basic vaccinations against six major childhood illnesses (tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, and measles).
Some special facts
- More than one-third (36%) of Bihar’s population is under age 15.
- one-third (34%) of households in Bihar live in a pucca house, 54 percent live in a semi-pucca house.
- one-quarter (27%) of households own either a motorcycle or a scooter.
- BPL cards are held by 55 percent of households.
Education- Schooling- Literacy
- literate persons are those who have either completed at least standard 9 or passed a simple literacy test conducted as part of the survey.
- 55 percent of women age 15-49 and 76 percent of men age 15-49 are literate.
- two-fifths of women (39%) and 18 percent of men age 15-49 have never been to school.
- Only 16 percent of women and 28 percent of men age 15-49 in Bihar have completed 12 or more years of schooling.
- In Bihar, 32 percent of boys and 35 percent of girls age 2-4 years attend preschool.
- Preschool attendance is highest among scheduled caste households (34%)
- Preschool attendance is highest in Munger district (53%) and lowest in both Araria and Khagaria districts (22%).
Negative Reality of Bihar
- Thirty-one percent of men age 25-29 years got married before attaining the legal minimum age of 21.
- Total fertility rate (TFR) in Bihar is 3.0 children per woman.
- At current fertility rates, women with no schooling will have an average of 1.6 more children than women with 12 or more years of schooling (a TFR of 3.8, compared with 2.2).
- Muslim women will have almost one child more than Hindu women (a TFR of 3.6, compared with 2.9)
- women age 15-19 in Bihar, 11 percent have already begun childbearing, that is, they have already had a live birth or are pregnant with their first child.
- Forty-three percent of children under age five years are stunted, or too short for their age.
Research shows that waiting at least three years between children reduces the risk of infant mortality and has a positive impact on maternal health.
Tobacco Consumption in Bihar
- Nearly half (48%) of men and 1 percent of women, age 15-49 use some form of tobacco.
- Used most by men are khaini (37%), gutkha or paan masala with tobacco (15%), cigarettes (12%), paan with tobacco (5%), and bidis (2%).
- In Bihar, among adults age 15-49, a negligible proportion (0.1%) of women and 17 percent of men drink alcohol.
- Most men who drink alcohol drink it less than once a week (53%), or about once a week (37%) and 10 percent drink almost every day.
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- Only 18 percent of all women age 15-49, compared with 75 percent of men, were employed in the 12 months preceding the survey.
- More than three-quarters (77%) of women have a bank or savings account that they themselves use.
- In Bihar, 51 percent of women have a mobile phone that they themselves use.
- In Bihar, 41% of women age 20-24 years got married before attaining the legal minimum age of 18 years.
- Young women who had no schooling are more than three times (25%) as likely to have begun childbearing as young women with 12 or more years of schooling (8%).
- Thirty-seven percent of women agree that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife under some circumstances.
- In Bihar, 39 percent of women age 18-49 have ever experienced physical violence, and 8 percent have ever experienced sexual violence.
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