Population of Bihar

Source	Census 2011
Date	13 Sep 2020

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Bihar Population (1901-2011)
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to India
1901	21,243,632	-	-	8.91
1911	21,567,159	323,527	1.52	8.56
1921	21,358,905	-208,254	-0.97	8.50
1931	23,438,371	2,079,466	9.74	8.40
1941	26,302,771	2,864,400	12.22	8.25
1951	29,085,017	2,782,246	10.58	8.05
1961	34,840,968	5,755,951	19.79	7.93
1971	42,126,236	7,285,268	20.91	7.69
1981	52,302,665	10,176,429	24.16	7.65
1991	64,530,554	12,227,889	23.38	7.62
2001	82,998,509	18,467,955	28.62	8.07
2011	104,099,452	21,100,943	25.42	8.60

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Growth rate
Net change

Bihar population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	6,576,871	6,188,158	12,765,029	12.26	106.282
05-09	7,796,359	7,239,918	15,036,277	14.44	107.686
10-14	7,323,831	6,596,051	13,919,882	13.37	111.034
15-19	5,290,581	4,182,114	9,472,695	9.10	126.505
20-24	4,210,585	3,854,150	8,064,735	7.75	109.248
25-29	3,828,687	3,843,018	7,671,705	7.37	99.627
30-34	3,510,596	3,545,141	7,055,737	6.78	99.026
35-39	3,308,161	3,149,100	6,457,261	6.20	105.051
40-44	2,756,809	2,408,883	5,165,692	4.96	114.443
45-49	2,209,994	2,060,380	4,270,374	4.10	107.261
50-54	1,808,425	1,504,315	3,312,740	3.18	120.216
55-59	1,330,356	1,466,322	2,796,678	2.69	90.727
60-64	1,559,925	1,448,083	3,008,008	2.89	107.723
65-69	1,103,718	986,061	2,089,779	2.01	111.932
70-74	784,383	595,148	1,379,531	1.33	131.796
75-79	297,973	252,506	550,479	0.53	118.006
80-84	197,997	171,057	369,054	0.35	115.749
85-89	69,258	60,250	129,508	0.12	114.951
90-94	48,853	45,915	94,768	0.09	106.399
95-99	24,996	22,379	47,375	0.05	111.694
100+	19,490	19,153	38,643	0.04	101.760
Age not stated	220,309	183,193	403,502	0.39	120.261
Total	54,278,157	49,821,295	104,099,452		108.946

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Population of Bihar districts 2011
Rank	District	Population				Rural (%)	Urban (%)	Sex ratio
Rank	District	Male	Female	Total	Share (%)	Rural (%)	Urban (%)	F per 1000 M	M per 100 F
9	Pashchim Champaran	2,061,110	1,873,932	3,935,042	3.78	90.01	9.99	909	109.989
2	Purba Champaran	2,681,209	2,418,162	5,099,371	4.90	92.13	7.87	902	110.878
37	Sheohar	346,673	309,573	656,246	0.63	95.72	4.28	893	111.984
11	Sitamarhi	1,803,252	1,620,322	3,423,574	3.29	94.44	5.56	899	111.290
4	Madhubani	2,329,313	2,158,066	4,487,379	4.31	96.40	3.60	926	107.935
23	Supaul	1,155,283	1,073,793	2,229,076	2.14	95.26	4.74	929	107.589
19	Araria	1,463,333	1,348,236	2,811,569	2.70	94.00	6.00	921	108.537
30	Kishanganj	866,970	823,430	1,690,400	1.62	90.47	9.53	950	105.288
13	Purnia	1,699,370	1,565,249	3,264,619	3.14	89.49	10.51	921	108.569
14	Katihar	1,600,430	1,470,599	3,071,029	2.95	91.08	8.92	919	108.828
26	Madhepura	1,047,559	954,203	2,001,762	1.92	95.58	4.42	911	109.784
27	Saharsa	997,174	903,487	1,900,661	1.83	91.76	8.24	906	110.369
8	Darbhanga	2,059,949	1,877,436	3,937,385	3.78	90.26	9.74	911	109.721
3	Muzaffarpur	2,527,497	2,273,565	4,801,062	4.61	90.14	9.86	900	111.169
21	Gopalganj	1,267,666	1,294,346	2,562,012	2.46	93.65	6.35	1,021	97.939
12	Siwan	1,675,090	1,655,374	3,330,464	3.20	94.51	5.49	988	101.191
7	Saran	2,022,821	1,929,041	3,951,862	3.80	91.06	8.94	954	104.861
10	Vaishali	1,844,535	1,650,486	3,495,021	3.36	93.33	6.67	895	111.757
6	Samastipur	2,230,003	2,031,563	4,261,566	4.09	96.53	3.47	911	109.768
16	Begusarai	1,567,660	1,402,881	2,970,541	2.85	80.82	19.18	895	111.746
31	Khagaria	883,786	783,100	1,666,886	1.60	94.77	5.23	886	112.857
15	Bhagalpur	1,615,663	1,422,103	3,037,766	2.92	80.17	19.83	880	113.611
25	Banka	1,067,140	967,623	2,034,763	1.95	96.50	3.50	907	110.285
33	Munger	729,041	638,724	1,367,765	1.31	72.21	27.79	876	114.140
35	Lakhisarai	526,345	474,567	1,000,912	0.96	85.71	14.29	902	110.911
38	Sheikhpura	329,743	306,599	636,342	0.61	82.87	17.13	930	107.549
18	Nalanda	1,497,060	1,380,593	2,877,653	2.76	84.09	15.91	922	108.436
1	Patna	3,078,512	2,759,953	5,838,465	5.61	56.93	43.07	897	111.542
20	Bhojpur	1,430,380	1,298,027	2,728,407	2.62	85.71	14.29	907	110.196
29	Buxar	887,977	818,375	1,706,352	1.64	90.36	9.64	922	108.505
32	Kaimur (Bhabua)	847,006	779,378	1,626,384	1.56	95.97	4.03	920	108.677
17	Rohtas	1,543,546	1,416,372	2,959,918	2.84	85.55	14.45	918	108.979
22	Aurangabad	1,318,684	1,221,389	2,540,073	2.44	90.68	9.32	926	107.966
5	Gaya	2,266,566	2,124,852	4,391,418	4.22	86.76	13.24	937	106.669
24	Nawada	1,144,668	1,074,478	2,219,146	2.13	90.29	9.71	939	106.532
28	Jamui	916,064	844,341	1,760,405	1.69	91.74	8.26	922	108.495
34	Jehanabad	585,582	539,731	1,125,313	1.08	87.99	12.01	922	108.495
36	Arwal	363,497	337,346	700,843	0.67	92.60	7.40	928	107.752