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Demographics of Bihar

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Demographic data on the Indian state

According to the 2023 Bihar Caste Census, Bihar had a total population of 130,725,310, nearly 89% of it rural. It was also India's most densely populated state, with 1,388 persons per square kilometre.[1] 82% of Bihar's population practicedHinduism, while 17.7% followedIslam.[2]

As of 2011, thesex ratio was 918 females per 1000 males.[3] Almost 58% of Bihar's population was below 25 years age, which is the highest in India. At 11.3%, Bihar has the second-lowest urbanisation rate in India afterHimachal Pradesh.[4]

Most of Bihar's population belongs to a collection of ethnic groups speaking indic languages, the most prominent ones being Bhojpuri, Maithili and Magahi. It also attractedPunjabi Hindu refugees during thePartition of British India in 1947.[5] Bihar has a totalliteracy rate of70.70% (79.70% for males and 60.5 % for females), recording a growth of 20% in female literacy over the preceding decade. According to the 2011 census, 82.7% of Bihar's population practisedHinduism, while 16.9% followedIslam.[6] As of 2021, Bihar has highest fertility rate of 3.41 in comparison to the other states of India.[7]

Population

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Population by age group (2001)[8]
[needs update]
Age GroupTotalMaleFemale
0–411,006,0725,623,2805,382,792
5–912,804,3026,705,2636,099,039
10–1411,063,7775,970,2015,093,576
15–197,190,1884,028,6433,161,545
20–246,323,1933,180,0633,143,130
25–295,908,3082,894,7063,013,602
30–345,549,7872,713,8712,835,916
35–395,077,9352,576,0892,501,846
40–444,153,2032,213,7701,939,433
45–493,461,6641,778,3681,683,296
50–542,711,0411,543,6201,167,421
55–592,069,940990,0111,079,929
60–642,103,9091,120,743983,166
65–691,354,937683,656671,281
70–741,029,921571,438458,483
75–79446,860233,961212,899
80+565,647312,207253,440
Age not stated177,825103,90573,920
All ages82,998,50943,243,79539,754,714

Religion

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Main article:Religion in Bihar
Religions in Bihar 2011
  1. Hinduism (82.0%)
  2. Islam (17.7%)
  3. Others (0.30%)
Religion in Bihar
Religion2001[9]2011[10]2022 survey[11]
Populat.(%)Populat.(%)Populat.(%)
Hinduism69,076,91983.2286,078,68682.69107,100,00081.99
Islam13,722,04816.5317,557,80916.8723,100,00017.70
Christianity53,1370.06129,2470.1275,2380.05
Buddhism18,8180.0625,4530.02111,0000.08
Sikhism20,7800.0323,7790.0214,7530.01
Jainism16,0850.0218,9140.0212,5230.009
Other52,9050.0613,4370.0116,6000.13
Not statedn/a[a]n/a252,1270.242,146
Total82,998,509100%104,099,452100%130,725,310100%

As per recently releasedBihar caste-based survey 2022,Hinduism is practised by 81.99% andIslam is followed by 17.70%.[2]

Caste and ethnic groups

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Main article:Bihar caste-based survey 2022

As per Bihar government’sBihar caste-based survey 2022 report, released on 2 October 2023, showed that extremely backward classes (EBCs) account for 36.01 percent of the 13.07 crore population of the state.[12][13] BCs, EBCs together account for 63% of total population of Bihar.[14][15]

Caste Groups of Bihar[16][17]
Caste GroupsPopulation[18] (%)
BC27.12%
EBC36.01%
Dalits (SCs)19.65%
Forward caste15.52%
Adivasis (STs)1.68%


Caste[citation needed]PopulationPercentage
Yadav18,650,11914.2666%
Kushwaha (Koeri)5,506,1134.2120%
Kurmi3,762,9692.8785%
Brahmin4,781,2803.6575%
Teli3,677,4912.8131%
Mallah (Nishad)3,410,0932.6086%
Nonia2,498,4741.9112%
Kanu2,892,7612.2129%
Bania3,026,9122.3155%
Bhumihar3,750,8862.87%
Rajput4,510,7333.4505%
Dushadh6,943,0005.3111%
Musahar4,035,7873.0872%
Kayastha785,7710.6011%
Ravidas6,869,6645.2550%
Tanti2,228,3531.7%
Nai2,082,0481.59%
  • As per,2011 Census of India,Scheduled Castes constitute 16% of Bihar's 104 million population.[19] The census identified 21 of 23 Dalit sub-castes as Mahadalits.[20] Mahadalit community consists of the following sub castes - Bantar, Bauri, Bhogta, Bhuiya, Chaupal, Dabgar, Dom (Dhangad), Ghasi, Halalkhor, Hari (Mehtar, Bhangi), Kanjar, Kurariar, Lalbegi, Musahar, Nat, Pan (Swasi), Rajwar, Turi, Dhobi, Pasi, Chamar and Paswan (Dusadh).[21] Paswan caste was initially left out of the Mahadalit category.[22][23][24]Adivasis (Scheduled Tribes) constitute around 1.3% of Bihar population.[25][26] Tribals include Gond, Santhal and Tharu communities in Bihar.[27][28]
  • Extremely Backward Class (EBCs) are also sometimes referred to as Most Backward Class(MBCs). There are 130-odd EBC castes in Bihar.[29][30][31]

Languages

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Main article:Languages of Bihar
See also:Maithili language,Bhojpuri language,Angika,Magahi,Magadhi Prakrit, andHindi in Bihar
Linguistic map of Bihar and Jharkhand detailed
Languages of Bihar (2011)[32]
  1. Hindi (25.5%)
  2. Bhojpuri (24.9%)
  3. Maithili (12.6%)
  4. Magahi (10.9%)
  5. Urdu (8.42%)
  6. Surjapuri (1.78%)
  7. Others (16.0%)

Hindi andUrdu are the official languages of the state.

Maithili language is the only language of Bihar which is one of the 22Scheduled language ofIndia.[33]

Bhojpuri,Magahi, andSurjapuri are counted underHindi.[34] Proponents have called forBhojpuri,Magahi,Bajjika andAngika to receive the same status.[35][36][37]

Education

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Main articles:Education in Bihar andLiteracy In Bihar
Education in Bihar (2001)[38]
LevelPersonsMaleFemale
Literate without educational1,715,0491,109,731605,318
Below Primary7,890,3294,754,1373,136,192
Primary8,334,7095,130,9173,203,792
Middle4,390,2263,012,1511,378,075
Secondary4,751,5603,439,9181,311,642
Higher Secondary1,826,0931,385,282440,811
Technical Diploma24,98920,0884,901
Non-technical Diploma48,53240,4588,074
Graduate & above2,109,4151,737,651371,764
Unclassified18,67514,0434,632

Bihar has a totalliteracy rate of70.9%. Overall Male and Femaleliteracy rate is 79.7% and 60.5% respectively.[39] TotalRural literacy rate is 43.9%. In rural areas of Bihar, Male and Female literacy rate is 57.1 and 29.6 respectively. TotalUrban literacy rate is 71.9. In urban areas of Bihar, Male and Female literacy rate is 79.9 and 62.6 respectively..[40]Total number ofliterates 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 byRohtas(62.36%) andMunger(60.11%).Kishanganj has lowest Literacy Rate of 31.02% followed byAraria (34.94%) andKatihar (35.29%).

Economics

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Main article:Economy of Bihar

Districts

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DistrictwiseDemographics (2001)[41]
Districts of BiharPopulationGrowth rateSex ratioPopulation density
Total 2001Males 2001Females 20011981–911991–20011991200119912001
West Champaran3,043,0441,600,8531,442,19118.3030.40877901446582
East Champaran3,933,6362,072,3501,861,28625.4629.27883898767991
Sheohar514,288271,261243,02727.3436.168768968531,161
Sitamarhi2,669,8871,410,1491,259,73823.1332.588848939151,214
Madhubani3,570,6511,837,3611,733,29021.7626.089329438091,020
Supaul1,745,069908,855836,21423.4529.95904920557724
Araria2,124,8311,108,9241,015,90726.6931.84907916569751
Kishanganj1,294,063666,910627,15322.2031.50933940522687
Purnia2,540,7881,325,7941,214,99423.7635.23903916582787
Katihar2,389,5331,244,9431,144,59027.7730.91909919597782
Madhepura1,524,596796,272728,32422.1629.45885915659853
Saharsa1,506,418788,585717,83325.5433.03884910665885
Darbhanga3,285,4731,716,6401,568,83325.0430.859119141,1021,442
Muzaffarpur3,743,8361,941,4801,802,35625.3026.749049289311,180
Gopalganj2,149,3431,072,1511,077,19225.1226.119681,0058381,057
Siwan district2,708,8401,332,2181,376,62222.0424.781,0171,0339781,221
Saran3,251,4741,654,4281,597,04623.4426.379639659741,231
Vaishali2,712,3891,412,2761,300,11329.0826.399219211,0541,332
Samastipur3,413,4131,771,2491,642,16428.3525.639269279361,175
Begusarai2,342,9891,226,0571,116,93224.6129.118989119461,222
Khagaria1,276,677675,501601,17628.4429.32868890664859
Bhagalpur2,430,3311,294,1921,136,13920.6727.24864878743946
Banka1,608,778843,061765,71724.4424.47893908428533
Munger1,135,499604,662530,83717.7920.34856878665800
Lakhisarai801,173416,727384,44621.0823.94880923526652
Sheikhpura525,137273,468251,66919.8424.96896920610762
Nalanda2,368,3271,236,4671,131,86021.7318.648989158481,006
Patna4,709,8512,514,9492,194,90219.8430.178678731,1301,471
Bhojpur2,233,4151,175,3331,058,08220.2624.58904900725903
Buxar1,403,462738,239665,22318.6329.03884901670864
Kaimur1,284,575673,556611,01924.2030.64884907292382
Rohtas2,448,7621,282,6551,166,10721.7727.71894909498636
Jehanabad1,511,406783,960727,44619.4328.64919928749963
Aurangabad2,004,9601,035,757969,20324.4930.19915936466607
Gaya3,464,9831,789,2311,675,75223.9230.03922937536696
Nawada1,809,425928,638880,78723.7033.08936948545726
Jamui1,397,474728,812668,66221.9032.90903917339451

Miscellaneous statistics

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As of 2001[update], Bihar had 212,015 international migrants[42] and 1,619,031 inter-state migrants.[43]

See also

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References

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Notes

  1. ^The 2001 Census did not record a figure for people who did not specify their religion

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