STATE HIGHLIGHTS -BIHAR

1 Number of Divisions 9
2 Number of Districts 38
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 139
(ii) Census Towns (Non-statutory) 60
7 Number of Revenue Villages 44,874
(including 21 part villages which falls in two C.D.Blocks)
 TOTAL POPULATION
2001-2011
STATE Residence Population
2001 2011
BIHAR Total 82998509 103804637
BIHAR Rural 74316709 92075028
BIHAR Urban 8681800 11729609
Percentage of Rural/Urban Population
to Total Population – 2011
STATE Residence Total Percentage
Population of
Population
to Total
Population
BIHAR Total 103804637 100.00
BIHAR Rural 92075028 88.70
BIHAR Urban 11729609 11.30
 Absolute Growth in Population
2001-2011
STATE Residence Population Absolute
Growth
2001 2011 2001-2011

BIHAR Total 82998509 103804637 20806128

BIHAR Rural 74316709 92075028 17758319
BIHAR Urban 8681800 11729609 3047809
 Decadal Growth rate 1991-2001 &
2001-2011
STATE Residence Decadal Growth rate
Decade
1991-2001 2001-2011

BIHAR Total 28.62 25.07

BIHAR Rural 28.53 23.90
BIHAR Urban 29.35 35.11
 Sex ratio - BIHAR
STATE Residence Sex ratio
2001 2011
BIHAR Total 919 916
BIHAR Rural 926 919
BIHAR Urban 868 891
Child-Population in the Age-group 0-6 - BIHAR

STATE Residence
Child-Population in the Age-
group 0-6

Persons Males Females

BIHAR Total 18582229 9615280 8966949
BIHAR Rural 16899426 8732235 8167191
BIHAR Urban 1682803 883045 799758
 Percentage of Child Population in the age-
group 0-6 to total population,2011 - BIHAR
STATE Residence
Percentage of Child-Population
in the Age-group 0-6 to Total
Population

Persons Males Females

BIHAR Total 17.90 17.75 18.07
BIHAR Rural 18.35 18.20 18.52
BIHAR Urban 14.35 14.24 14.47
 Child Sex ratio (0-6) 2001 &
2011- BIHAR
STATE Residence Child Sex ratio in
the age-group 0-6
2001 2011
BIHAR Total 942 933
BIHAR Rural 944 935
BIHAR Urban 924 906
 Literates, 2011-BIHAR
STATE Residence Literates

BIHAR Total 54390254 32711975 21678279

BIHAR Rural 46478818 28221885 18256933
BIHAR Urban 7911436 4490090 3421346
 Literacy rate 2001 & 2011 - BIHAR

STATE Residence Literacy Rate

2001 Census 2011 Census

P M F P M F

BIHAR Total 47.00 59.68 33.12 63.82 73.39 53.33

BIHAR Rural 43.92 57.09 29.61 61.83 71.90 50.82

BIHAR Urban 71.93 79.94 62.59 78.75 84.42 72.36

 District wise Population with share of state’s population-2011
NAME Population Percentage of Rank in 2011
2011 population to
Total population
BIHAR 103804637 100.00
Patna 5772804 5.56 1
Purba Champaran 5082868 4.90 2
Muzaffarpur 4778610 4.60 3
Madhubani 4476044 4.31 4
Gaya 4379383 4.22 5
Samastipur 4254782 4.10 6
Saran 3943098 3.80 7
Pashchim
3922780 3.78 8
Champaran
Darbhanga 3921971 3.78 9

Contd.
 District wise Population with share of state’s population-2011
NAME Population Percentage of Rank in 2011
2011 population to
Total population
Vaishali 3495249 3.37 10
Sitamarhi 3419622 3.29 11
Siwan 3318176 3.20 12
Purnia 3273127 3.15 13
Katihar 3068149 2.96 14
Bhagalpur 3032226 2.92 15
Rohtas 2962593 2.85 16
Begusarai 2954367 2.85 17
Nalanda 2872523 2.77 18
Araria 2806200 2.70 19

Contd.
 District wise Population with share of state’s population-2011

NAME Population Percentage of Rank in 2011

2011 population to
Total population
Bhojpur 2720155 2.62 20
Gopalganj 2558037 2.46 21
Aurangabad 2511243 2.42 22
Supaul 2228397 2.15 23
Nawada 2216653 2.14 24
Banka 2029339 1.95 25
Madhepura 1994618 1.92 26
Saharsa 1897102 1.83 27
Jamui 1756078 1.69 28
Buxar 1707643 1.65 29

Contd.
 District wise Population with share of state’s population-2011

NAME Population Percentage of Rank in 2011

2011 population to
Total population
Kishanganj 1690948 1.63 30
Khagaria 1657599 1.60 31
Kaimur (Bhabua) 1626900 1.57 32
Munger 1359054 1.31 33
Jehanabad 1124176 1.08 34
Lakhisarai 1000717 0.96 35
Arwal* 699563 0.67 36
Sheohar 656916 0.63 37
Sheikhpura 634927 0.61 38
District wise Rural Population with share of state’s Rural
population-2011
NAME Rural Percentage of Rank in 2011
Population population to
2011 Rural population
BIHAR 92075028 100.00
Purba Champaran 4683820 5.09 1
Madhubani 4311466 4.68 2
Muzaffarpur 4308714 4.68 3
Samastipur 4107725 4.46 4
Gaya 3803888 4.13 5
Saran 3591053 3.90 6
Darbhanga 3541846 3.85 7
Pashchim Champaran 3528781 3.83 8
Vaishali 3262715 3.54 9

Contd.
District wise Rural Population with share of state’s Rural
population-2011
NAME Rural Percentage of Rank in 2011
Population population to
2011 Rural population
Patna 3262711 3.54 10
Sitamarhi 3228904 3.51 11
Siwan 3135865 3.41 12
Purnia 2932527 3.18 13
Katihar 2794765 3.04 14
Araria 2637656 2.86 15
Rohtas 2535085 2.75 16
Bhagalpur 2432126 2.64 17
Nalanda 2415034 2.62 18
Gopalganj 2396270 2.60 19

Contd.
District wise Rural Population with share of state’s Rural
population-2011
NAME Rural Percentage of Rank in 2011
Population population to
2011 Rural population
Begusarai 2387311 2.59 20
Bhojpur 2331450 2.53 21
Aurangabad 2275761 2.47 22
Supaul 2122869 2.31 23
Nawada 2001120 2.17 24
Banka 1957988 2.13 25
Madhepura 1906448 2.07 26
Saharsa 1741927 1.89 27
Jamui 1611431 1.75 28
Khagaria 1570470 1.71 29

Contd.
District wise Rural Population with share of state’s Rural
population-2011

NAME Rural Percentage of Rank in 2011

Population population to
2011 Rural population
Kaimur (Bhabua) 1561538 1.70 30
Buxar 1543476 1.68 31
Kishanganj 1527249 1.66 32
Jehanabad 989816 1.08 33
Munger 974425 1.06 34
Lakhisarai 857751 0.93 35
Arwal* 648094 0.70 36
Sheohar 628821 0.68 37
Sheikhpura 526132 0.57 38
District wise Urban Population with share of state’s Urban
population-2011
NAME Urban Percentage of Rank in 2011
Population population to
2011 Urban population
BIHAR 11729609 100.00
Patna 2510093 21.40 1
Bhagalpur 600100 5.12 2
Gaya 575495 4.91 3
Begusarai 567056 4.83 4
Muzaffarpur 469896 4.01 5
Nalanda 457489 3.90 6
Rohtas 427508 3.64 7
Purba Champaran 399048 3.40 8
Pashchim Champaran 393999 3.36 9

Contd.
District wise Urban Population with share of state’s Urban
population-2011
NAME Urban Percentage of Rank in 2011
Population population to
2011 Urban population
Bhojpur 388705 3.31 10
Munger 384629 3.28 11
Darbhanga 380125 3.24 12
Saran 352045 3.00 13
Purnia 340600 2.90 14
Katihar 273384 2.33 15
Aurangabad 235482 2.01 16
Vaishali 232534 1.98 17
Nawada 215533 1.84 18
Sitamarhi 190718 1.63 19

Contd.
District wise Urban Population with share of state’s Urban
population-2011
NAME Urban Percentage of Rank in 2011
Population population to
2011 Urban population
Siwan 182311 1.55 20
Araria 168544 1.44 21
Madhubani 164578 1.40 22
Buxar 164167 1.40 23
Kishanganj 163699 1.40 24
Gopalganj 161767 1.38 25
Saharsa 155175 1.32 26
Samastipur 147057 1.25 27
Jamui 144647 1.23 28
Lakhisarai 142966 1.22 29

Contd.
District wise Urban Population with share of state’s Urban
population-2011
NAME Urban Percentage of Rank in 2011
Population population to
2011 Urban population
Jehanabad 134360 1.15 30
Sheikhpura 108795 0.93 31
Supaul 105528 0.90 32
Madhepura 88170 0.75 33
Khagaria 87129 0.74 34
Banka 71351 0.61 35
Kaimur (Bhabua) 65362 0.56 36
Arwal* 51469 0.44 37
Sheohar 28095 0.24 38
 Top five districts with highest Growth
rate - BIHAR
District Name Growth Rate 2001-2011
Madhepura 30.65
Kishanganj 30.44
Araria 30.00
Khagaria 29.46
Purba Champaran 29.01
 Bottom ranked five districts with
lowest Growth rate - BIHAR
District Name Growth Rate 2001-2011
Rohtas 20.22
Munger 19.45
Arwal* 19.01
Darbhanga 19.00
Gopalganj 18.83
 Top five districts with highest Rural
Growth rate - BIHAR
District Name Growth Rate 2001-2011
Kishanganj 30.83
Madhepura 30.70
Khagaria 30.43
Araria 30.17
Supaul 29.10
 Bottom ranked five districts with
lowest Rural Growth rate - BIHAR
District Name Growth Rate 2001-2011
Sheikhpura 18.45
Patna 18.34
Darbhanga 16.95
Arwal* 10.25
Begusarai 6.49
 Top five districts with highest Urban
Growth rate - BIHAR
District Name Growth Rate 2001-2011
Begusarai 426.89
Purba Champaran 58.93
Kaimur (Bhabua) 56.46
Nawada 55.68
Purnia 53.15
 Bottom ranked five districts with
lowest Urban Growth rate - BIHAR
District Name Growth Rate 2001-2011
Jehanabad 20.38
Supaul 19.64
Samastipur 19.12
Saran 17.88
Khagaria 14.15
 Growth rate of UAs -BIHAR
Name of UA Growth Rate 2001-11
Purnia UA 57.61
Katihar UA 26.03
Sitamarhi UA 21.36
Patna UA 20.53
Gaya UA 19.22
Samastipur UA 17.71
Bhagalpur UA 17.16
 Top five Cities with highest Growth
rate - BIHAR
Name of City Civic Status Growth Rate
2001-11

Begusarai M. Corp. 133.35

Purnia M. Corp. 63.41
Dinapur Nizamat Nagar Parishad 38.93
Katihar M. Corp. 28.99
Arrah M. Corp. 28.38
 Bottom ranked five Cities with lowest
Growth rate - BIHAR
Name of City Civic Status Growth Rate
2001-11
Munger M. Corp. 13.32
Chapra Nagar Parishad 12.50
Sasaram Nagar Parishad 12.37
Darbhanga M. Corp. 10.01
Jamalpur Nagar Parishad 8.49
 Top five Towns(Non-city) with highest
Growth rate - BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Growth Rate
2001-11
Colgong Nagar Panchayat 52.76
Phulwari Sharif Nagar Parishad 51.36
Bakhtiarpur Nagar Panchayat 48.49
Sheikhpura Nagar Parishad 45.46
Rafiganj Nagar Panchayat 41.07
 Bottom ranked five Towns (Non-city)
with lowest Growth rate - BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Growth Rate
2001-11
Mokameh Nagar Parishad 6.33
Makhdumpur Nagar Panchayat 5.96
Dinapur Cantonment CB 1.64
Khagaul Nagar Parishad -8.30
Koilwar Nagar Panchayat -11.34
 Top five districts having highest Sex
ratio, 2011- BIHAR
District Name Sex ratio
GOPALGANJ 1015
SIWAN 984
SARAN 949
KISHANGANJ 946
NAWADA 936
Bottom ranked five districts having
lowest Sex ratio, 2011- BIHAR
District Name Sex ratio
PATNA 892
SHEOHAR 890
KHAGARIA 883
MUNGER 879
BHAGALPUR 879
Top five districts having highest Rural
Sex ratio, 2011- BIHAR
GOPALGANJ 1019
SIWAN 989
SARAN 953
KISHANGANJ 949
NAWADA 939
 Bottom ranked five districts having
lowest Rural Sex ratio, 2011- BIHAR
District Name Sex ratio
VAISHALI 893
SHEOHAR 890
KHAGARIA 885
BHAGALPUR 878
MUNGER 878
 Top five districts having highest
Urban Sex ratio, 2011- BIHAR

District Name Sex ratio

GOPALGANJ 958
KISHANGANJ 922
ARWAL* 914
NALANDA 913
SIWAN 912
 Bottom ranked five districts having
lowest Urban Sex ratio, 2011- BIHAR

District Name Sex ratio

SAHARSA 879
SITAMARHI 878
VAISHALI 878
BANKA 875
KHAGARIA 864
Sex ratio of top five UAs, 2011-BIHAR
Name of UA Sex ratio
Nawada UA 905
Buxar UA 900
Darbhanga UA 897
Katihar UA 897
Chapra UA 897
 Sex ratio of bottom ranked five
UAs, 2011-BIHAR
Name of UA Sex ratio
Muzaffarpur UA 888
Gaya UA 885
Patna UA 881
Bhagalpur UA 879
Sitamarhi UA 874
Sex ratio of top five Cities, 2011-BIHAR
Name of City Civic Status Sex ratio
Kishanganj Nagar Parishad 923
Bihar M. Corp. 916
Aurangabad Nagar Parishad 904
Siwan Nagar Parishad 903
Darbhanga M. Corp. 898
 Sex ratio of bottom ranked five
Cities, 2011-BIHAR
Name of City Civic Status Sex ratio
Arrah M. Corp. 874
Hajipur Nagar Parishad 873
Jamalpur Nagar Parishad 871
Jehanabad Nagar Parishad 867
Motihari Nagar Parishad 856
 Sex ratio of top five Towns(Non-city),
2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Sex ratio
Barauli Nagar Panchayat 1012
Kataiya Nagar Panchayat 976
Marhaura Nagar Panchayat 971
Bahadurganj Nagar Panchayat 957
Revelganj Nagar Parishad 957
 Sex ratio of bottom ranked five
Towns(Non-city), 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Sex ratio

Birpur Nagar Panchayat 865

Khagaria Nagar Parishad 855
Thakurganj Nagar Panchayat 851
Dumra Nagar Panchayat 807
Dinapur Cantonment CB 786
 Sex ratio of top five Census Towns,
2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Sex ratio
Janpur C.T. 992
Tola Pairamatihana C.T. 970
Tola Mansaraut C.T. 963
Tola Chain C.T. 962
Hathua C.T. 953
 Sex ratio of bottom ranked five Census
Towns, 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Sex ratio

Dumari urf Damodarpur Shahjahan C.T. 845

Yehiapur C.T. 844

Pareo C.T. 841

Colgong C.T. 788

Paharpur C.T. 712

Top five districts having highest Child
Sex ratio(0-6), 2011- BIHAR
Child Sex
District Name
ratio
NAWADA 985
KISHANGANJ 966
GAYA 959
KATIHAR 956
JAMUI 956
Bottom ranked five districts having lowest
Child Sex ratio (0-6), 2011- BIHAR
BHOJPUR 915
KHAGARIA 912
BEGUSARAI 911
PATNA 899
VAISHALI 894
Top five districts having highest Rural
Child Sex ratio(0-6), 2011- BIHAR
NAWADA 988
KISHANGANJ 967
GAYA 965
KATIHAR 958
JAMUI 957
Bottom ranked five districts having lowest
Rural Child Sex ratio (0-6), 2011- BIHAR
BHOJPUR 917
PATNA 914
BEGUSARAI 913
KHAGARIA 912
VAISHALI 894
Top five districts having highest Urban
Child Sex ratio(0-6), 2011- BIHAR
KISHANGANJ 952
ARARIA 951
NAWADA 950
PURNIA 949
SHEOHAR 948
Bottom ranked five districts having lowest
Urban Child Sex ratio (0-6), 2011- BIHAR
SITAMARHI 881
SIWAN 880
KAIMUR (BHABUA) 880
PATNA 872
LAKHISARAI 871
Top five districts with highest Literacy
rate,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

ROHTAS 75.59
MUNGER 73.30
BHOJPUR 72.79
AURANGABAD 72.77
PATNA 72.47
 Bottom five districts with lowest
Literacy rate,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

SAHARSA 54.57
MADHEPURA 53.78
KATIHAR 53.56
SITAMARHI 53.53
PURNIA 52.49
 Top five districts with highest Male
Literacy rate,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

ROHTAS 85.29
BHOJPUR 84.08
BUXAR 82.78
SIWAN 82.77
AURANGABAD 82.52
Bottom five districts with lowest Male
Literacy rate,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

MADHEPURA 63.82
SHEOHAR 63.72
SITAMARHI 62.56
PURNIA 61.09
KATIHAR 60.99
Top five districts with highest Female
Literacy rate,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

MUNGER 65.53
ROHTAS 64.95
PATNA 63.72
AURANGABAD 62.05
SIWAN 60.35
 Bottom five districts with lowest
Female Literacy rate,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

ARARIA 45.18
SITAMARHI 43.40
PURNIA 43.19
MADHEPURA 42.75
SAHARSA 42.73
 Top five districts with highest
Literacy rate (Rural) ,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

ROHTAS 74.74
AURANGABAD 71.93
BHOJPUR 71.48
SIWAN 70.96
BUXAR 70.75
 Bottom five districts with lowest
Literacy rate (Rural) ,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

MADHEPURA 52.74
SAHARSA 52.40
SITAMARHI 52.24
KATIHAR 50.92
PURNIA 49.81
 Top five districts with highest Male
Literacy rate (Rural) ,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

ROHTAS 85.01
BHOJPUR 83.60
SIWAN 82.35
BUXAR 82.28
AURANGABAD 82.06
Bottom five districts with lowest Male
Literacy rate (Rural) ,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

ARARIA 63.11
MADHEPURA 62.93
SITAMARHI 61.45
PURNIA 58.79
KATIHAR 58.55
Top five districts with highest Female
Literacy rate (Rural) ,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

ROHTAS 63.50
MUNGER 60.96
AURANGABAD 60.81
SIWAN 59.55
KAIMUR (BHABUA) 58.78
Bottom five districts with lowest Female
Literacy rate (Rural) ,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

KATIHAR 42.52
SITAMARHI 41.93
MADHEPURA 41.57
SAHARSA 40.19
PURNIA 40.15
 Top five districts with highest
Literacy rate (Urban) ,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

KAIMUR (BHABUA) 84.66

GAYA 83.95
MUZAFFARPUR 82.44
PATNA 82.40
SAMASTIPUR 82.37
 Bottom five districts with lowest
Literacy rate (Urban) ,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

PURBA CHAMPARAN 73.21

SHEIKHPURA 73.00
LAKHISARAI 72.96
PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN 72.74
SHEOHAR 65.10
 Top five UAs with highest Literacy
rate, 2011-BIHAR
Name of UA Literacy rate
Samastipur UA 86.27
Gaya UA 85.45
Muzaffarpur UA 85.07
Buxar UA 84.40
Patna UA 84.05
Bottom five UAs with lowest Literacy
rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of UA Literacy rate
Darbhanga UA 80.74
Katihar UA 80.09
Sitamarhi UA 78.89
Madhubani UA 76.56
Purnia UA 74.04
 Top five Cities with highest Literacy
rate, 2011-BIHAR
Name of City Civic Status Literacy
rate
Jamalpur Nagar Parishad 87.38
Motihari Nagar Parishad 87.20
Aurangabad Nagar Parishad 86.89
Gaya M. Corp. 85.74
Muzaffarpur M. Corp. 85.16
Bottom five Citis with lowest Literacy
rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of City Civic Status Literacy
rate
Saharsa Nagar Parishad 77.66
Bihar M. Corp. 74.80
Kishanganj Nagar Parishad 74.71
Purnia M. Corp. 74.48
Bagaha Nagar Parishad 60.67
 Top five Towns (Non-city) with highest
Literacy rate, 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Literacy rate

Dumra Nagar Panchayat 88.12

Khagaul Nagar Parishad 86.80

Janakpur Road Nagar Panchayat 86.57

Samastipur Nagar Parishad 86.31

Dinapur Cantonment CB 85.29

 Bottom five Towns (Non-city) with
lowest Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Literacy
rate
Kesaria Nagar Panchayat 62.44
Madhuban Nagar Panchayat 58.65
Dhaka Nagar Panchayat 57.57
Belsand Nagar Panchayat 57.57
Pakri Dayal Nagar Panchayat 53.60
 Top five Census Towns with highest
Literacy rate, 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Literacy
Status rate
Pataliputra Housing Colony C.T. 97.39
Yehiapur C.T. 89.84

Asarganj C.T. 89.45

Shekhpura C.T. 88.66

Anwari C.T. 86.65

Bottom five Census Towns with lowest
Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Literacy
Status rate
Malhipur C.T. 59.65
Paharpur C.T. 58.96
Tola Baliadih C.T. 57.45
Tola Pairamatihana C.T. 56.67
Puraini C.T. 54.50
 Top five districts with highest Male
Literacy rate (Urban) ,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

KAIMUR (BHABUA) 90.68

SIWAN 89.48
GAYA 89.08
SAMASTIPUR 87.76
ARWAL* 87.35
 Bottom five districts with highest Male
Literacy rate (Urban) ,2011-BIHAR

District Name Literacy rate

KISHANGANJ 79.32
ARARIA 79.32
PURNIA 79.30
PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN 79.09
SHEOHAR 73.19
 Top five UAs with highest Male
Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of UA Literacy rate
Buxar UA 90.28
Samastipur UA 90.27
Gaya UA 90.17
Muzaffarpur UA 88.77
Patna UA 87.46
 Bottom five UAs with highest Male
Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of UA Literacy rate
Bettiah UA 85.15
Bhagalpur UA 84.95
Sitamarhi UA 83.74
Madhubani UA 83.63
Purnia UA 79.09
 Top five Cities with highest Male
Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of City Civic Status Literacy
rate
Jamalpur Nagar Parishad 92.58
Aurangabad Nagar Parishad 92.52
Siwan Nagar Parishad 91.71
Buxar Nagar Parishad 90.91
Gaya M. Corp. 90.49
 Bottom five Cities with highest Male
Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of City Civic Status Literacy
rate
Saharsa Nagar Parishad 84.11
Bihar M. Corp. 83.42
Kishanganj Nagar Parishad 79.84
Purnia M. Corp. 79.36
Bagaha Nagar Parishad 69.30
 Top five Towns (Non-city) with highest
Male Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Literacy
rate
Janakpur Road Nagar Panchayat 92.20
Khagaul Nagar Parishad 91.49
Bhabua Nagar Parishad 90.60
Tikari Nagar Panchayat 90.56
Samastipur Nagar Parishad 90.17
Bottom five Towns (Non-city) with highest
Male Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Literacy rate
Sahebganj Nagar Panchayat 70.63
Madhuban Nagar Panchayat 66.28
Belsand Nagar Panchayat 65.97
Dhaka Nagar Panchayat 65.44
Pakri Dayal Nagar Panchayat 61.60
 Top five Census Towns with highest
Male Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Literacy rate

Pataliputra Housing Colony C.T. 98.15

Asarganj C.T. 94.80

Bara C.T. 94.05

Yehiapur C.T. 92.75
Anwari C.T. 92.27
Bottom five Census Towns with highest
Male Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Literacy
rate
Tola Baliadih C.T. 70.21
Habibpur C.T. 69.80
Malhipur C.T. 65.81
Puraini C.T. 59.94
Paharpur C.T. 51.05
Top five districts with highest Female
Literacy rate (Urban) ,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

GAYA 78.18
KAIMUR (BHABUA) 77.83
PATNA 77.75
MUZAFFARPUR 77.60
MUNGER 76.55
Bottom five districts with highest Female
Literacy rate (Urban) ,2011-BIHAR
District Name Literacy rate

SUPAUL 65.31
SHEIKHPURA 64.49
LAKHISARAI 64.48
MADHUBANI 64.40
SHEOHAR 55.87
 Top five UAs with highest Female
Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of UA Literacy rate

Samastipur UA 81.81
Muzaffarpur UA 80.91
Patna UA 80.18
Gaya UA 80.11
Buxar UA 77.87
Bottom five UAs with highest Female
Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of UA Literacy rate
Darbhanga UA 74.45
Katihar UA 74.32
Sitamarhi UA 73.36
Madhubani UA 68.62
Purnia UA 68.35
 Top five Cities with highest Female
Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of City Civic Status Literacy
rate
Motihari Nagar Parishad 83.52
Jamalpur Nagar Parishad 81.40
Patna M. Corp. 81.33
Muzaffarpur M. Corp. 81.05
Aurangabad Nagar Parishad 80.68
 Bottom five Cities with highest
Female Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of City Civic Status Literacy
rate
Saharsa Nagar Parishad 70.27
Kishanganj Nagar Parishad 69.13
Purnia M. Corp. 68.98
Bihar M. Corp. 65.39
Bagaha Nagar Parishad 50.79
Top five Towns (Non-city) with highest
Female Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Literacy
rate
Dumra Nagar Panchayat 86.37
Samastipur Nagar Parishad 82.01
Khagaul Nagar Parishad 81.51
Janakpur Road Nagar Panchayat 80.22
Khagaria Nagar Parishad 79.63
Bottom five Towns (Non-city) with highest
Female Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Status Literacy
rate
Benipur Nagar Parishad 50.82
Madhuban Nagar Panchayat 50.10
Dhaka Nagar Panchayat 48.78
Belsand Nagar Panchayat 47.90
Pakri Dayal Nagar Panchayat 44.51
 Top five Census Towns with highest
Female Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Literacy
Status rate
Pataliputra Housing Colony C.T. 96.61
Yehiapur C.T. 86.49
Shekhpura C.T. 85.75

Asarganj C.T. 83.35

Anwari C.T. 80.43

Bottom five Census Towns with highest
Female Literacy rate , 2011-BIHAR
Name of Town Civic Literacy
Status rate
Malhipur C.T. 52.65
Mohanpur C.T. 51.11
Puraini C.T. 48.54
Tola Baliadih C.T. 43.35
Tola Pairamatihana C.T. 40.09