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{{short description|demographic data on the Indian state}}
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At the [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], Bihar was the [[List of states and union territories of India by population|third most populous]] [[States and territories of India|state of India]] with total population of 104,099,452, nearly 89% of it rural. It was also India's most densely populated state, with 1,106 persons per square kilometre. The [[Human sex ratio|sex ratio]] was 918 females per 1000 males.<ref name="StateProfile2">{{cite web|title=Bihar Profile|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/censusinfodashboard/stock/profiles/en/IND010_Bihar.pdf|access-date=14 March 2020|website=census.gov.in}}</ref> 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 after [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Urban and Rural Population of India 2011|url=http://indiafacts.in/india-census-2011/urban-rural-population-o-india/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315223625/http://indiafacts.in/india-census-2011/urban-rural-population-o-india/|archive-date=15 March 2012|access-date=29 October 2016}}</ref>

Most of Bihar's population belongs to a collection of ethnic groups speaking indic languages. It also attracted [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] Hindu refugees during the [[Partition of India|Partition of British India]] in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census GIS HouseHold|url=http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/Religion_WhizMap1/housemap.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706213221/http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/Religion_WhizMap1/housemap.htm|archive-date=6 July 2010|access-date=15 October 2009|publisher=Censusindiamaps.net}}{{dead link|date=February 2016|reason=Cyberbot fix not working|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Bihar has a total [[literacy rate]] of 63.82% (73.39% for males and 53.33% 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 practised [[Hinduism]], while 16.9% followed [[Islam]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Vijaita|date=25 August 2015|title=Bihar elections among factors in religious data of Census 2011 release|journal=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bihar-elections-among-factors-in-religious-data-of-census-2011-release/article7579546.ece|url-status=live|access-date=26 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230200448/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bihar-elections-among-factors-in-religious-data-of-census-2011-release/article7579546.ece|archive-date=30 December 2017|via=www.TheHindu.com}}</ref> Bihar has highest fertility rate of 3.41 in comparison to the other states of India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scroll.in/article/1003812/why-is-madras-high-court-questioning-the-one-man-one-vote-principle-for-indias-parliament |title=Why is Madras High Court questioning the ‘one man, one vote’ principle for India’s Parliament? |last=Daniyal |first=Shoaib |date=28 August 2021 |website=scroll.in}}</ref>

==Population==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |
|-
!colspan="4"| Population by Age group (2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/A_Series/age_groups.htm |title=Census of India – Age groups |publisher=Censusindia.gov.in |access-date=2014-08-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113204859/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/A_Series/age_groups.htm |archive-date=13 November 2013}}</ref>
|-
!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
|}

==Religion==
{{Main|Religion in Bihar}}{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Religions in Bihar 2011|label1=[[Hinduism]]|value1=82.7|color1=DarkOrange|label2=[[Islam]]|value2=16.9|color2=Green|label3=Others|value3=0.4|color3=yellow}}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ Religion in Bihar
!Religion !! 2001<ref name="Total population by religious commu">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Population_by_religious_communities.htm|title=Total population by religious communities|publisher=Censusindia.gov.in|access-date=20 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119031333/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Population_by_religious_communities.htm|archive-date=19 January 2008}}</ref> !! 2011<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|title=Indian Census 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/c-01.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913045700/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|archive-date=13 September 2015|access-date=25 August 2015|publisher=Census Department, Government of India}}</ref>
|-
| Hinduism || 69,076,919 || 86,078,686
|-
| Islam || 13,722,048 || 17,557,809
|-
| Christianity || 53,137 || 129,247
|-
| Buddhism || 18,818 || 25,453
|-
| Sikhism || 20,780 || 23,779
|-
| Jainism || 16,085 || 18,914
|-
| Other || 52,905 || 13,437
|-
| Not stated || n/a{{efn|The 2001 Census did not record a figure for people who did not specify their religion}} || 252,127
|-
| Total || 82,998,509 || 104,099,452
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ Religion in Bihar (%)
!Religion !! 2001<ref name="Total population by religious commu"/> !! 2011<ref name=autogenerated1/>
|-
| Hinduism || 83.22 || 82.69
|-
| Islam || 16.53 || 16.87
|-
| Christianity || 0.06 || 0.12
|-
| Buddhism || 0.02 || 0.02
|-
| Sikhism || 0.03 || 0.02
|-
| Jainism || 0.02 || 0.02
|-
| Other || 0.06 || 0.01
|-
| Not stated || n/a{{efn|The 2001 Census did not record a figure for people who did not specify their religion}} || 0.24
|}

==Languages==
{{Main|Languages of Bihar}}
{{See also|Maithili language|Bhojpuri|Angika|Magahi|Magadhi Prakrit|Hindi in Bihar}}
{{Pie chart
|caption=Languages of Bihar (2011)<ref name="Languages2011">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Bihar |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1000.XLSX |work=Census of India 2011 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General |access-date=14 March 2020}}</ref>
|label1=[[Hindi language|Hindi]]|value1= 25.54
|color1=orange
|label2=[[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]|value2=24.86
|color2=#f8d568
|label3=[[Maithili language|Maithili]]|value3=12.55
|color3=lemonchiffon
|label4=[[Magahi language|Magahi]]|value4=10.87
|color4=#FCE883
|label5=[[Urdu language|Urdu]]|value5=8.42
|color5=green
|label6 = [[Surjapuri language|Surjapuri]] |value6=1.78
|color6= gold
|label7=Others|value7=15.98
|color7=Grey
}}

[[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 language|Maithili]] or [[Angika]]. [[Bhojpuri]] and [[Magahi]] are sometimes considered dialects of Hindi, while Maithili and Angika are not. Maithili is also one of the recognised regional languages of India as per the [[Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India]]. Many speakers of the Bihari languages often conflate their languages with Hindi in the census, which is mainly why the proportion of Hindi speakers is so large when in reality it is mainly other languages.

==Education==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;" |
|+ [[Education in Bihar]] (2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Literates_and_educational_level.htm |title=Census of India – Literates and educational level |publisher=Censusindia.gov.in |access-date=2014-08-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114204332/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Literates_and_educational_level.htm |archive-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
! 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|Education in Bihar|Literacy In Bihar}}

[[Bihar]] has a total [[literacy rate]] of 69.83%. Overall Male and Female [[literacy rate]] is 70.32% and 53.57% respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Literacy_rate.htm|title=Literacy rate|publisher=Censusindia.gov.in|access-date=20 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113234624/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Literacy_rate.htm|archive-date=13 November 2009}}</ref> Total [[Rural]] literacy rate is 43.9%. In rural areas of Bihar, Male and Female literacy rate is 57.1 and 29.6 respectively. Total [[Urban area|Urban]] literacy rate is 71.9. In urban areas of Bihar, Male and Female literacy rate is 79.9 and 62.6 respectively.
.<ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20071124153609/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Social_And_Cultural/Literates_Rate.aspx]</ref>
Total number of [[literate]]s in Bihar is 3,16,75,607 which consists 2,09,78,955 Male and 1,06,96,652 Female.
[[Patna district|Patna]] has highest Literacy Rate of 63.82% followed by [[Rohtas district|Rohtas]] (62.36%) and [[Munger district|Munger]] (60.11%).
[[Kishanganj district|Kishanganj]] has lowest Literacy Rate of 31.02% followed by [[Araria district|Araria]] (34.94%) and [[Katihar]] (35.29%).

==Economics==
{{Main|Economy of Bihar}}

==Districts==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;" |
|+ [[Districts of Bihar|District]]wise [[Demographics]] (2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.bih.nic.in/Profile/Annexure-01.htm|title=Annexure 1|publisher=Gov.bih.nic.in|access-date=20 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321163637/http://gov.bih.nic.in/Profile/Annexure-01.htm|archive-date=21 March 2014}}</ref>
![[Districts of Bihar]]||Total [[Population]] 2001 ||[[Male]] [[Population]] 2001 ||[[Female]] [[Population]] 2001 ||Growth Rate 1981–91 ||Growth Rate 1991-01 ||[[human sex ratio|Sex Ratio]] 1991 ||[[human sex ratio|Sex Ratio]] 2001 ||[[Population density]] 1991 ||[[Population density]] 2001
|-
|[[West Champaran district|West Champaran]] ||3,043,044 ||1,600,853 ||1,442,191 ||18.30 ||30.40 ||877 ||901 ||446 ||582
|-
|[[East Champaran district|East Champaran]] ||3,933,636 ||2,072,350 ||1,861,286 ||25.46 ||29.27 ||883 ||898 ||767 ||991
|-
|[[Sheohar district|Sheohar]] ||514,288 ||271,261 ||243,027 ||27.34 ||36.16 ||876 ||896 ||853 ||1,161
|-
|[[Sitamarhi district|Sitamarhi]] ||2,669,887 ||1,410,149 ||1,259,738 ||23.13 ||32.58 ||884 ||893 ||915 ||1,214
|-
|[[Madhubani district|Madhubani]] ||3,570,651 ||1,837,361 ||1,733,290 ||21.76 ||26.08 ||932 ||943 ||809 ||1,020
|-
|[[Supaul district|Supaul]] ||1,745,069 ||908,855 ||836,214 ||23.45 ||29.95 ||904 ||920 ||557 ||724
|-
|[[Araria district|Araria]] ||2,124,831 ||1,108,924 ||1,015,907 ||26.69 ||31.84 ||907 ||916 ||569 ||751
|-
|[[Kishanganj district|Kishanganj]] ||1,294,063 ||666,910 ||627,153 ||22.20 ||31.50 ||933 ||940 ||522 ||687
|-
|[[Purnia district|Purnia]] ||2,540,788 ||1,325,794 ||1,214,994 ||23.76 ||35.23 ||903 ||916 ||582 ||787
|-
|[[Katihar district|Katihar]] ||2,389,533 ||1,244,943 ||1,144,590 ||27.77 ||30.91 ||909 ||919 ||597 ||782
|-
|[[Madhepura district|Madhepura]] ||1,524,596 ||796,272 ||728,324 ||22.16 ||29.45 ||885 ||915 ||659 ||853
|-
|[[Saharsa district|Saharsa]] ||1,506,418 ||788,585 ||717,833 ||25.54 ||33.03 ||884 ||910 ||665 ||885
|-
|[[Darbhanga district|Darbhanga]] ||3,285,473 ||1,716,640 ||1,568,833 ||25.04 ||30.85 ||911 ||914 ||1,102 ||1,442
|-
|[[Muzaffarpur district|Muzaffarpur]] ||3,743,836 ||1,941,480 ||1,802,356 ||25.30 ||26.74 ||904 ||928 ||931 ||1,180
|-
|[[Gopalganj District, India|Gopalganj]] ||2,149,343 ||1,072,151 ||1,077,192 ||25.12 ||26.11 ||968 ||1,005 ||838 ||1,057
|-
|[[Siwan district]] ||2,708,840 ||1,332,218 ||1,376,622 ||22.04 ||24.78 ||1,017 ||1,033 ||978 ||1,221
|-
|[[Saran district|Saran]] ||3,251,474 ||1,654,428 ||1,597,046 ||23.44 ||26.37 ||963 ||965 ||974 ||1,231
|-
|[[Vaishali district|Vaishali]] ||2,712,389 ||1,412,276 ||1,300,113 ||29.08 ||26.39 ||921 ||921 ||1,054 ||1,332
|-
|[[Samastipur district|Samastipur]] ||3,413,413 ||1,771,249 ||1,642,164 ||28.35 ||25.63 ||926 ||927 ||936 ||1,175
|-
|[[Begusarai district|Begusarai]] ||2,342,989 ||1,226,057 ||1,116,932 ||24.61 ||29.11 ||898 ||911 ||946 ||1,222
|-
|[[Khagaria district|Khagaria]] ||1,276,677 ||675,501 ||601,176 ||28.44 ||29.32 ||868 ||890 ||664 ||859
|-
|[[Bhagalpur district|Bhagalpur]] ||2,430,331 ||1,294,192 ||1,136,139 ||20.67 ||27.24 ||864 ||878 ||743 ||946
|-
|[[Banka district|Banka]] ||1,608,778 ||843,061 ||765,717 ||24.44 ||24.47 ||893 ||908 ||428 ||533
|-
|[[Munger district|Munger]] ||1,135,499 ||604,662 ||530,837 ||17.79 ||20.34 ||856 ||878 ||665 ||800
|-
|[[Lakhisarai district|Lakhisarai]] ||801,173 ||416,727 ||384,446 ||21.08 ||23.94 ||880 ||923 ||526 ||652
|-
|[[Sheikhpura district|Sheikhpura]] ||525,137 ||273,468 ||251,669 ||19.84 ||24.96 ||896 ||920 ||610 ||762
|-
|[[Nalanda district|Nalanda]] ||2,368,327 ||1,236,467 ||1,131,860 ||21.73 ||18.64 ||898 ||915 ||848 ||1,006
|-
|[[Patna district|Patna]] ||4,709,851 ||2,514,949 ||2,194,902 ||19.84 ||30.17 ||867 ||873 ||1,130 ||1,471
|-
|[[Bhojpur District, Bihar|Bhojpur]] ||2,233,415 ||1,175,333 ||1,058,082 ||20.26 ||24.58 ||904 ||900 ||725 ||903
|-
|[[Buxar district|Buxar]] ||1,403,462 ||738,239 ||665,223 ||18.63 ||29.03 ||884 ||901 ||670 ||864
|-
|[[Kaimur district|Kaimur]] ||1,284,575 ||673,556 ||611,019 ||24.20 ||30.64 ||884 ||907 ||292 ||382
|-
|[[Rohtas district|Rohtas]] ||2,448,762 ||1,282,655 ||1,166,107 ||21.77 ||27.71 ||894 ||909 ||498 ||636
|-
|[[Jehanabad district|Jehanabad]] ||1,511,406 ||783,960 ||727,446 ||19.43 ||28.64 ||919 ||928 ||749 ||963
|-
|[[Aurangabad district, Bihar|Aurangabad]] ||2,004,960 ||1,035,757 ||969,203 ||24.49 ||30.19 ||915 ||936 ||466 ||607
|-
|[[Gaya district|Gaya]] ||3,464,983 ||1,789,231 ||1,675,752 ||23.92 ||30.03 ||922 ||937 ||536 ||696
|-
|[[Nawada district|Nawada]] ||1,809,425 ||928,638 ||880,787 ||23.70 ||33.08 ||936 ||948 ||545 ||726
|-
|[[Jamui district|Jamui]] ||1,397,474 ||728,812 ||668,662 ||21.90 ||32.90 ||903 ||917 ||339 ||451
|}

==Miscellaneous statistics==
{{as of|2001}}, Bihar had 212,015 international migrants<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/D_Series/International_migration.htm |title=Census of India – International migration |publisher=Censusindia.gov.in |access-date=2014-08-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616044437/http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/D_Series/International_migration.htm |archive-date=16 June 2014}}</ref> and 1,619,031 inter-state migrants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/D_Series/Inter_state_migration.htm |title=Census of India – Inter state migration |publisher=Censusindia.gov.in |access-date=2014-08-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113154841/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/D_Series/Inter_state_migration.htm |archive-date=13 November 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
*[[Demographics of India]]
*[[Demographics of Asia]]

==References==
'''Notes'''
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'''Citations'''
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