A

PRESENTATION
ON
THE PROFILE
OF
SCHEDULED CASTE &
SCHEDULED TRIBE
OF
BIHAR-2011 CENSUS
SCHEDULED CASTE
Article 341—(1): The President may with
respect to any State or Union Territory
and where it is a State after consultation
with the Governor thereof, by public
notification specify the castes, races or
tribes or parts of or groups within
castes, races or tribes which shall for the
purposes of this Constitution be
deemed to be Scheduled Castes in
relation to that State or Union Territory,
as the case may be.
Article 341—(2): Parliament may by law
include in or exclude from the list of
Scheduled Castes specified in a
notification issued under clause of any
caste, race or tribe or part of or group
within any caste, race or tribe, but save
as aforesaid a notification issued under
the said clause shall not be varied by
any subsequent notification.
The lists containing the names of
the Scheduled Castes applicable for
the Census of India 2011 in the State
of Bihar are given below:

1. Bantar
2. Bauri
3. Bhogta
4. Bhuiya
5. Bhumij
6. Chamar, Mochi, Chamar-Rabidas,
Chamar-Ravidas, Chamar-Rohidas,
Charmarkar
7. Chaupal
8. Dabgar
9. Dhobi,Rajak
10. Dom,Dhangad, Bansphor, Dharikar,
Dharkar, Domra
11. Dusadh, Dhari, Dharhi
12. Ghasi
13. Halalkhor
14. Hari, Mehtar, Bhangi
15. Kanjar
16. Kurariyar
17. Lalbegi
18. Musahar
19. Nat
20. Pan, Sawasi, Panr
21. Pasi
22. Rajwar
23. Turi
 Scheduled Caste population
and Percentage of Scheduled
Caste to Total Population
2011 :
 India & Bihar
Population SC 2011

250000000
20,13,78,086
200000000

150000000 P_SC

100000000
1,65,67,325
50000000

0
India Bihar
State/ State/District Population Percentage of Scheduled
District 2011 Castes 2011
Code
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
10 BIHAR STATE 16567325 15344215 1223110 15.9 16.6 10.4
01 PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN 553944 524727 29217 14.1 14.8 7.4
02 PURBA CHAMPARAN 649726 612980 36746 12.7 13.0 9.2
03 SHEOHAR 96655 92917 3738 14.7 14.8 13.3
04 SITAMARHI 405714 388240 17474 11.9 12.0 9.2
05 MADHUBANI 587158 572195 14963 13.1 13.2 9.3
06 SUPAUL 354249 343484 10765 15.9 16.2 10.2
07 ARARIA 382654 366088 16566 13.6 13.9 9.8
08 KISHANGANJ 113118 95770 17348 6.7 6.3 10.8
09 PURNIA 390991 358546 32445 12.0 12.3 9.5
10 KATIHAR 263100 231323 31777 8.6 8.3 11.6
11 MADHEPURA 346275 336576 9699 17.3 17.6 11.0
12 SAHARSA 317249 304657 12592 16.7 17.5 8.0
13 DARBHANGA 615688 570735 44953 15.6 16.1 11.7
14 MUZAFFARPUR 751975 708488 43487 15.7 16.4 9.2
15 GOPALGANJ 320064 304316 15748 12.5 12.7 9.7
16 SIWAN 386685 375375 11310 11.6 11.9 6.2
17 SARAN 474066 438183 35883 12.0 12.2 10.2
18 VAISHALI 738031 697630 40401 21.1 21.4 17.3
State/ State/District Population Percentage of Scheduled
District 2011 Castes 2011
Code
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
20 BEGUSARAI 432270 371169 61101 14.6 15.5 10.7
21 KHAGARIA 247161 240583 6578 14.8 15.2 7.5
22 BHAGALPUR 318569 269088 49481 10.5 11.0 8.2
23 BANKA 247858 240233 7625 12.2 12.2 10.7
24 MUNGER 183846 148713 35133 13.4 15.1 9.2
25 LAKHISARAI 153209 138294 14915 15.3 16.1 10.4
26 SHEIKHPURA 131115 113243 17872 20.6 21.5 16.4
27 NALANDA 607672 555144 52528 21.1 22.9 11.5
28 PATNA 920918 664269 256649 15.8 20.0 10.2
29 BHOJPUR 425402 387691 37711 15.6 16.6 9.7
30 BUXAR 251737 237430 14307 14.8 15.4 8.7
31 KAIMUR (BHABUA) 369088 361112 7976 22.7 23.1 12.2
32 ROHTAS 549546 509105 40441 18.6 20.1 9.5
33 AURANGABAD 612064 583289 28775 24.1 25.3 12.1
34 GAYA 1334351 1264597 69754 30.4 33.2 12.0
35 NAWADA 565112 540032 25080 25.5 27.0 11.6
36 JAMUI 302649 283426 19223 17.2 17.5 13.2
37 JEHANABAD 222974 203509 19465 19.8 20.6 14.4
38 ARWAL* 141314 131715 9599 20.2 20.3 18.5
 TOP 3 DISTRICTS IN SC POPULATION

1600000
13,34,351
1400000

1200000
9,20,918
1000000 8,03,128

800000

600000

400000

200000

0
GAYA PATNA SAMASTIPUR
 BOTTOM 3 DISTRICTS IN SC POPU-
LATION
140000
131115

120000 113118

100000 96655

80000

60000

40000

20000

0
SHEOHAR KISHANGANJ SHEIKHPURA
Decadal Change in Schedule
Caste by residence 2001-2011
State/ State/District Percentage
District Code Decadal Change
2001-2011

Total Rural Urban

1 2 3 4 5
10 BIHAR STATE 27.0 26.0 40.6
01 PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN 27.4 28.0 18.7
02 PURBA CHAMPARAN 26.4 23.6 100.6
03 SHEOHAR 29.9 30.6 14.7
04 SITAMARHI 28.5 28.7 25.5
05 MADHUBANI 21.8 21.8 24.4
06 SUPAUL 38.1 36.8 100.9
07 ARARIA 30.4 30.4 29.1
08 KISHANGANJ 31.8 33.6 22.5
09 PURNIA 25.3 22.6 65.3
10 KATIHAR 26.3 25.1 35.1
11 MADHEPURA 32.9 33.2 25.4
12 SAHARSA 30.8 31.3 19.3
13 DARBHANGA 20.5 18.2 59.4
14 MUZAFFARPUR 26.5 26.2 30.9
15 GOPALGANJ 19.8 19.8 18.2
16 SIWAN 25.1 25.2 23.6
17 SARAN 21.6 22.1 15.5
18 VAISHALI 31.3 31.9 22.1
19 SAMASTIPUR 27.7 27.6 33.2
State/ State/District Percentage
District Code Decadal Change
2001-2011

Total Rural Urban

1 2 3 4 5
20 BEGUSARAI 26.7 12.3 469.0
21 KHAGARIA 33.5 34.0 18.8
22 BHAGALPUR 25.1 22.5 41.0
23 BANKA 23.9 23.9 23.3
24 MUNGER 21.8 23.3 15.8
25 LAKHISARAI 21.0 22.0 13.1
26 SHEIKHPURA 26.4 23.2 51.7
27 NALANDA 28.3 28.0 31.6
28 PATNA 26.2 22.8 35.8
29 BHOJPUR 23.8 23.8 23.7
30 BUXAR 27.1 26.8 33.2
31 KAIMUR (BHABUA) 29.9 29.0 90.7
32 ROHTAS 23.1 21.9 40.1
33 AURANGABAD 29.5 29.5 29.2
34 GAYA 29.6 29.8 26.4
35 NAWADA 29.6 28.2 68.7
36 JAMUI 24.7 23.5 45.8
37 JEHANABAD 27.4 28.5 17.0
38 ARWAL* 27.1 18.5 -
* New District after 2001 Census.
Top 5 districts in decadal change

(in %)
SUPAUL 38.1
KHAGARIA 33.5
MADHEPURA 32.9
KISHANGANJ 31.8
VAISHALI 31.3
Bottom 5 districts in decadal change

(in %)
MUNGER 21.8
SARAN 21.6
LAKHISARAI 21.0
DARBHANGA 20.5
GOPALGANJ 19.8
 Sex Ratio
(number of females per 1000 males)
among Scheduled Castes by
residence : 2001-2011
State/ State/District Sex Ratio 2001 Sex Ratio 2011
District
Code Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
10 BIHAR STATE 923 927 877 925 927 905
01 PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN 906 908 870 915 916 904
02 PURBA CHAMPARAN 897 899 863 909 910 884
03 SHEOHAR 888 887 915 892 891 909
04 SITAMARHI 895 897 838 899 900 881
05 MADHUBANI 937 938 920 935 935 942
06 SUPAUL 936 937 907 941 941 914
07 ARARIA 930 932 890 930 931 908
08 KISHANGANJ 937 946 896 952 951 953
09 PURNIA 935 939 876 924 923 934
10 KATIHAR 932 938 882 928 932 904
11 MADHEPURA 942 944 883 931 931 937
12 SAHARSA 938 940 889 928 929 910
13 DARBHANGA 920 922 891 910 911 899
14 MUZAFFARPUR 925 928 872 913 914 892
15 GOPALGANJ 983 986 915 1010 1012 970
16 SIWAN 1012 1017 862 973 975 911
17 SARAN 952 959 874 951 954 913
18 VAISHALI 920 922 896 903 904 892
19 SAMASTIPUR 934 936 887 922 921 933
State/ State/District Sex Ratio 2001 Sex Ratio 2011
District Code
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
20 BEGUSARAI 918 919 879 900 903 885
21 KHAGARIA 892 894 840 898 899 866
22 BHAGALPUR 875 877 864 878 877 879
23 BANKA 919 920 870 912 912 886
24 MUNGER 886 887 884 892 891 895
25 LAKHISARAI 924 929 882 913 914 910
26 SHEIKHPURA 909 912 887 940 942 926
27 NALANDA 909 909 905 928 927 933
28 PATNA 886 897 858 910 917 893
29 BHOJPUR 894 899 851 910 910 909
30 BUXAR 890 891 880 910 911 889
31 KAIMUR (BHABUA) 896 897 786 915 916 880
32 ROHTAS 903 904 882 917 918 908
33 AURANGABAD 932 933 903 936 937 917
34 GAYA 946 949 895 951 953 923
35 NAWADA 947 948 931 948 949 929
36 JAMUI 949 952 894 942 943 922
37 JEHANABAD 931 938 865 938 941 911
38 ARWAL* 933 933 - 939 939 940
* New District after 2001 Census.
 Top 5 districts & Bottom 5 districts in
Sex Ratio (SC)

Top 5 District Bottom 5 district

GOPALGANJ 1010 SITAMARHI 899

SIWAN 973 KHAGARIA 898

KISHANGANJ 952 SHEOHAR 892

SARAN 951 MUNGER 892

GAYA 951 BHAGALPUR 878

LITERACY
RATE SC
 BIHAR 48.65

Top 5 District Bottom 5 district

Rohtas 60.44 Nawada 40.02
Siwan 60.40 Sheohar 39.70
Kaimur (Bhabua) 59.85 Sitamarhi 38.65
Munger 57.96 Saharsa 38.20
Buxar 57.80 Madhepura 38.14
INDIVIDUAL
SC DATA
HIGHLIGHTS
 Population
State/ 2011
CASTE T/R/U
District
PERSON MALE FEMALE
1 2 3 4 5
BIHAR Total
All Schedule Castes 1,65,67,325 86,06,253 79,61,072

BIHAR Rural
All Schedule Castes 1,53,44,215 79,64,360 73,79,855

BIHAR All Schedule Castes Urban 12,23,110 6,41,893 5,81,217

BIHAR Bantar Total 1,35,175 70,018 65,157
BIHAR Bantar Rural 1,34,689 69,742 64,947
BIHAR Bantar Urban 486 276 210
BIHAR Bauri Total 2,233 1,173 1,060
BIHAR Bauri Rural 1,572 826 746
BIHAR Bauri Urban 661 347 314
BIHAR Bhogta Total 15,103 7,800 7,303
BIHAR Bhogta Rural 15,084 7,788 7,296
BIHAR Bhogta Urban 19 12 7
BIHAR Bhuiya Total 7,16,269 3,66,590 3,49,679
BIHAR Bhuiya Rural 6,96,195 3,56,300 3,39,895
BIHAR Bhuiya Urban 20,074 10,290 9,784
BIHAR Bhumij Total 1,567 824 743
BIHAR Bhumij Rural 1,365 714 651
BIHAR Bhumij Urban 202 110 92
 Population
State/ 2011
District CASTE T/R/U
PERSON MALE FEMALE
1 2 3 4 5 6
Chamar, Mochi,
Chamar-Rabidas,
BIHAR Chamar-Ravidas, Total 49,00,048 25,46,413 23,53,635
Chamar-Rohidas,
Charmarkar

Chamar, Mochi,
Chamar-Rabidas,
BIHAR Chamar-Ravidas, Rural 46,14,031 23,95,719 22,18,312
Chamar-Rohidas,
Charmarkar

Chamar, Mochi,
Chamar-Rabidas,
BIHAR Chamar-Ravidas, Urban 2,86,017 1,50,694 1,35,323
Chamar-Rohidas,
Charmarkar
BIHAR Chaupal Total 79,728 41,487 38,241
BIHAR Chaupal Rural 75,433 39,248 36,185
BIHAR Chaupal Urban 4,295 2,239 2,056
BIHAR Dabgar Total 5,488 2,831 2,657
BIHAR Dabgar Rural 3,224 1,697 1,527
BIHAR Dabgar Urban 2,264 1,134 1,130
 Population
State/ 2011
District CASTE T/R/U
PERSON MALE FEMALE
1 2 3 4 5 6
BIHAR Dhobi, Rajak Total 7,47,528 3,90,620 3,56,908

BIHAR Dhobi, Rajak Rural 6,55,615 3,41,727 3,13,888

BIHAR Dhobi, Rajak Urban 91,913 48,893 43,020

Dom, Dhangad,
BIHAR Bansphor, Dharikar, Total 1,94,596 1,00,243 94,353
Dharkar, Domra
Dom, Dhangad,
BIHAR Bansphor, Dharikar, Rural 1,42,131 73,359 68,772
Dharkar, Domra
Dom, Dhangad,
BIHAR Bansphor, Dharikar, Urban 52,465 26,884 25,581
Dharkar, Domra
BIHAR Dusadh, Dhari,
Dharhi Total 49,45,165 25,82,993 23,62,172

BIHAR Dusadh, Dhari,

Dharhi Rural 45,60,668 23,79,795 21,80,873

BIHAR Dusadh, Dhari, Urban 3,84,497 2,03,198 1,81,299

Dharhi
 Population
State/ 2011
District CASTE T/R/U
PERSON MALE FEMALE
1 2 3 4 5 6
BIHAR Ghasi Total 354 197 157

BIHAR Ghasi Rural 293 162 131

BIHAR Ghasi Urban 61 35 26

BIHAR Halalkhor Total 5,435 2,846 2,589

BIHAR Halalkhor Rural 4,616 2,428 2,188

BIHAR Halalkhor Urban 819 418 401
BIHAR Hari, Mehtar, Bhangi Total 2,07,549 1,07,174 1,00,375
BIHAR Hari, Mehtar, Bhangi Rural 1,40,470 72,633 67,837
BIHAR Hari, Mehtar, Bhangi Urban 67,079 34,541 32,538
BIHAR Kanjar Total 2,760 1,415 1,345
BIHAR Kanjar Rural 1,643 828 815
BIHAR Kanjar Urban 1,117 587 530
BIHAR Kurariar Total 10,269 5,316 4,953
BIHAR Kurariar Rural 8,752 4,562 4,190
BIHAR Kurariar Urban 1,517 754 763
 Population
State/ 2011
District CASTE T/R/U
PERSON MALE FEMALE
1 2 3 4 5 6
BIHAR Lalbegi Total 1,039 548 491

BIHAR Lalbegi Rural 983 514 469

BIHAR Lalbegi Urban 56 34 22

BIHAR Musahar Total 27,25,114 14,07,557 13,17,557

BIHAR Musahar Rural 26,31,683 13,59,399 12,72,284

BIHAR Musahar Urban 93,431 48,158 45,273
BIHAR Nat Total 58,819 30,221 28,598
BIHAR Nat Rural 51,531 26,495 25,036
BIHAR Nat Urban 7,288 3,726 3,562
BIHAR Pan, Sawasi, Panr Total 2,195 1,195 1,000
BIHAR Pan, Sawasi, Panr Rural 1,351 738 613
BIHAR Pan, Sawasi, Panr Urban 844 457 387
BIHAR Pasi Total 8,80,738 4,55,961 4,24,777
BIHAR Pasi Rural 7,13,589 3,68,240 3,45,349
BIHAR Pasi Urban 1,67,149 87,721 79,428
 Population
State/ 2011
District CASTE T/R/U
PERSON MALE FEMALE
1 2 3 4 5 6
BIHAR Rajwar Total 2,85,485 1,46,032 1,39,453

BIHAR Rajwar Rural 2,72,442 1,39,354 1,33,088

BIHAR Rajwar Urban 13,043 6,678 6,365

BIHAR Turi Total 30,497 15,665 14,832

BIHAR Turi Rural 27,666 14,217 13,449

BIHAR Turi Urban 2,831 1,448 1,383
 SCs BY POPULATION
Top 5 Bottom 5
% share in % share in
Name of the Total Name of the Total
Total SC Total SC
Caste Population Caste Population
Population Population
Dusadh, Dhari,
Dharhi 49,45,165 29.8 Bauri 2,233 0.013

Chamar, Mochi,
Chamar-Rabidas, Pan, Sawasi, Panr 2,195 0.013
Chamar-Ravidas, 49,00,048 29.6
Chamar-Rohidas,
Charmarkar Bhumij 1,567 0.009
Musahar 27,25,114 16.4
Lalbegi 1,039 0.006
Pasi 8,80,738 5.3
Dhobi, Rajak 7,47,528 4.5 Ghasi 354 0.002
SCHEDULED TRIBE
Article 342—(1): The President may with
respect to any State or Union Territory
and where it is a State, after
consultation with the Governor thereof
by public notification, specify the tribes
or tribal communities or parts of or
groups within tribes or tribal
communities which shall for the
purpose of this Constitution be deemed
to be Scheduled Tribes in relation to
that State or Union Territory, as the case
may be.
Article 342—(2): Parliament may by law
include in or exclude from the list of
Scheduled Tribes specified in a
notification issued under clause (1) any
tribe or tribal community or part of or
group within any tribe or tribal
community, but save as aforesaid a
notification issued under the said clause
shall not be varied by any subsequent
notification.
The lists containing the names of the
Scheduled Tribes applicable for the
Census of India 2011 in the State of
Bihar are given below:
1. Asur,Agaria
2. Baiga
3. Banjara
4. Bathudi
5. Bedia
6. Binjhia
7. Birhor
8. Birjia
9. Chero
10.Chik Baraik
11. Gond
12. Gorait
13. Ho
14. Karmali
15. Kharia, Dhelki Kharia, Dudh Kharia,
Hill Kharia
16. Kharwar
17. Khond
18. Kisan, Nagesia
19. Kora, Mudi-kora
20. Korwa
21. Lohara, Lohra
22. Mahli
23. Mal Paharia, Kumarbhag Paharia
24. Munda, Patar
25. Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon) 26.Parhaiya
27. Santal
28. Sauria Paharia
29. Savar
30. Kawar*
31. Kol*
32. Tharu*

Note- * Newly added tribes in 2011 Census

 Scheduled Tribe population
and Percentage of Scheduled
Caste to Total Population
2011 :
 India & Bihar
Population ST 2011

120000000
10,42,81,034
100000000

80000000
P_ST
60000000

40000000

20000000
13,36,573

0
India Bihar
State/ State/District Population 2011 Percentage of Scheduled Tribes
District 2011
Code
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
10 BIHAR STATE 1336573 1270851 65722 1.3 1.4 0.6
01 PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN 250046 245578 4468 6.4 6.9 1.1
02 PURBA CHAMPARAN 12461 11875 586 0.2 0.3 0.1
03 SHEOHAR 318 296 22 0.0 0.0 0.1
04 SITAMARHI 2989 2836 153 0.1 0.1 0.1
05 MADHUBANI 3990 3859 131 0.1 0.1 0.1
06 SUPAUL 10168 10027 141 0.5 0.5 0.1
07 ARARIA 38848 38337 511 1.4 1.5 0.3
08 KISHANGANJ 64224 60968 3256 3.8 4.0 2.0
09 PURNIA 139490 121532 17958 4.3 4.2 5.2
10 KATIHAR 179971 174106 5865 5.9 6.2 2.1
11 MADHEPURA 12532 12207 325 0.6 0.6 0.4
12 SAHARSA 6009 5593 416 0.3 0.3 0.3
13 DARBHANGA 2772 2205 567 0.1 0.1 0.1
14 MUZAFFARPUR 5979 4759 1220 0.1 0.1 0.3
15 GOPALGANJ 60807 59447 1360 2.4 2.5 0.8
16 SIWAN 87000 83773 3227 2.6 2.7 1.8
17 SARAN 36786 35885 901 0.9 1.0 0.3
18 VAISHALI 2274 2068 206 0.1 0.1 0.1
State/ State/District Population 2011 Percentage of Scheduled Tribes
District 2011
Code
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
20 BEGUSARAI 1597 833 764 0.1 0.0 0.1
21 KHAGARIA 675 579 96 0.0 0.0 0.1
22 BHAGALPUR 67180 65636 1544 2.2 2.7 0.3
23 BANKA 90432 90210 222 4.4 4.6 0.3
24 MUNGER 21404 19548 1856 1.6 2.0 0.5
25 LAKHISARAI 8333 8125 208 0.8 0.9 0.1
26 SHEIKHPURA 617 507 110 0.1 0.1 0.1
27 NALANDA 1442 1224 218 0.1 0.1 0.0
28 PATNA 9069 2156 6913 0.2 0.1 0.3
29 BHOJPUR 13977 11759 2218 0.5 0.5 0.6
30 BUXAR 26824 23852 2972 1.6 1.5 1.8
31 KAIMUR (BHABUA) 57981 56361 1620 3.6 3.6 2.5
32 ROHTAS 31650 28435 3215 1.1 1.1 0.8
33 AURANGABAD 1033 823 210 0.0 0.0 0.1
34 GAYA 3098 2434 664 0.1 0.1 0.1
35 NAWADA 2045 1878 167 0.1 0.1 0.1
36 JAMUI 78793 78201 592 4.5 4.8 0.4
37 JEHANABAD 1285 1111 174 0.1 0.1 0.1
38 ARWAL* 590 512 78 0.1 0.1 0.2
* New District after 2001 Census.
 TOP 3 DISTRICTS IN ST POPULATION
300000

2,50,046
250000

200000
1,79,971

1,39,490
150000

100000

50000

0
PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN KATIHAR PURNIA
 BOTTOM 3 DISTRICTS IN ST POPU-
700 LATION
617
600 590

500

400
318
300

200

100

0
SHEOHAR ARWAL* SHEIKHPURA
Decadal Change in Schedule
Tribe by residence 2001-2011
State/ State/District Percentage
District Code Decadal Change
2001-2011

Total Rural Urban

1 2 6 7 8
10 BIHAR STATE 76.2 77.1 61.7
01 PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN 456.7 464.2 222.1
02 PURBA CHAMPARAN 159.0 160.7 128.0
03 SHEOHAR 396.9 438.2 144.4
04 SITAMARHI 67.4 69.5 35.4
05 MADHUBANI 216.7 218.9 162.0
06 SUPAUL 94.8 93.4 314.7
07 ARARIA 32.0 31.7 61.2
08 KISHANGANJ 36.3 35.9 44.7
09 PURNIA 24.6 17.4 112.4
10 KATIHAR 28.2 27.6 49.2
11 MADHEPURA 34.8 33.6 105.7
12 SAHARSA 29.4 33.3 -6.9
13 DARBHANGA 229.6 283.5 113.2
14 MUZAFFARPUR 72.2 61.8 130.2
15 GOPALGANJ 887.6 910.5 396.4
16 SIWAN 529.4 550.3 243.3
17 SARAN 451.8 508.5 17.0
18 VAISHALI -25.9 -28.3 11.4
19 SAMASTIPUR -44.0 -54.2 15.7
State/ State/District Percentage
District Code Decadal Change
2001-2011

Total Rural Urban

1 2 6 7 8
20 BEGUSARAI 6.1 -30.1 143.3
21 KHAGARIA 103.3 109.8 71.4
22 BHAGALPUR 20.9 22.0 -11.3
23 BANKA 20.5 20.4 68.2
24 MUNGER 18.5 20.4 1.8
25 LAKHISARAI 47.9 44.8 766.7
26 SHEIKHPURA 192.4 489.5 -12.0
27 NALANDA 48.7 57.5 13.0
28 PATNA -1.8 9.1 -4.8
29 BHOJPUR 67.7 65.4 80.6
30 BUXAR 218.3 277.2 41.2
31 KAIMUR (BHABUA) 62.7 62.9 54.1
32 ROHTAS 23.2 21.1 45.5
33 AURANGABAD -37.0 -39.3 -26.3
34 GAYA 5.2 8.0 -4.0
35 NAWADA -5.2 -10.0 131.9
36 JAMUI 17.0 16.7 74.1
37 JEHANABAD 26.1 26.0 27.0
38 ARWAL* 100.7 74.1 -
* New District after 2001 Census.
Top 5 districts in decadal change

(in %)
GOPALGANJ 887.6
SIWAN 529.4
PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN 456.7
SARAN 451.8
SHEOHAR 396.9
Bottom 5 districts in decadal change

(in %)
PATNA -1.8
NAWADA -5.2
VAISHALI -25.9
AURANGABAD -37.0
SAMASTIPUR -44.0
 Sex Ratio
(number of females per 1000 males)
among Scheduled Tribes by
residence : 2001-2011
State/ State/District Sex Ratio 2001 Sex Ratio 2011
District
Code
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
10 BIHAR STATE 929 934 839 958 960 934
01 PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN 941 945 842 958 959 899
02 PURBA CHAMPARAN 911 921 748 931 932 915
03 SHEOHAR 829 1037 125 797 772 1200
04 SITAMARHI 876 871 948 886 888 843
05 MADHUBANI 947 948 923 941 944 845
06 SUPAUL 947 952 360 940 942 785
07 ARARIA 956 959 723 953 955 838
08 KISHANGANJ 949 950 933 976 975 999
09 PURNIA 940 950 817 954 954 955
10 KATIHAR 948 950 909 952 954 895
11 MADHEPURA 1003 1006 837 945 947 879
12 SAHARSA 933 950 781 938 942 882
13 DARBHANGA 801 867 673 1037 1027 1077
14 MUZAFFARPUR 941 967 809 914 920 891
15 GOPALGANJ 1063 1073 877 1038 1040 980
16 SIWAN 1016 1028 869 1001 1004 933
17 SARAN 970 989 838 1008 1011 893
18 VAISHALI 924 919 989 846 858 731
19 SAMASTIPUR 234 165 896 932 891 1036
State/ State/District Sex Ratio 2001 Sex Ratio 2011
District
Code
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
20 BEGUSARAI 829 832 815 883 864 905
21 KHAGARIA 824 792 1000 918 905 1000
22 BHAGALPUR 877 886 639 890 887 1040
23 BANKA 953 954 590 970 970 1018
24 MUNGER 943 944 933 947 944 981
25 LAKHISARAI 931 935 412 962 966 809
26 SHEIKHPURA 835 792 866 1023 1020 1037
27 NALANDA 851 872 771 981 943 1224
28 PATNA 726 432 828 923 925 922
29 BHOJPUR 871 873 855 898 891 935
30 BUXAR 843 843 843 902 906 872
31 KAIMUR (BHABUA) 913 914 884 951 952 922
32 ROHTAS 904 904 903 930 930 929
33 AURANGABAD 896 958 647 1066 1116 892
34 GAYA 930 929 933 895 955 703
35 NAWADA 922 909 1400 1051 1050 1062
36 JAMUI 942 943 675 961 960 1099
37 JEHANABAD 923 951 756 927 919 977
38 ARWAL* 642 642 - 1085 1056 1294
* New District after 2001 Census.
 Top 5 districts & Bottom 5 districts in
Sex Ratio (ST)

Top 5 Bottom 5
ARWAL 1085 BHAGALPUR 890

AURANGABAD 1066
SITAMARHI 886
NAWADA 1051
BEGUSARAI 883
GOPALGANJ 1038
VAISHALI 846
DARBHANGA 1037 SHEOHAR 797
LITERACY
RATE ST
 BIHAR 51.08

Top 5 District Bottom 5 district

Patna 79.37 Kishanganj 37.81
Begusarai 73.27 Sheohar 37.45
Muzaffarpur 65.78 Sitamarhi 31.85
Siwan 63.51 Lakhisarai 31.71
Gaya 62.70 Nawada 31.12
INDIVIDUAL
ST DATA
HIGHLIGHTS
 Population
State/ 2011
CASTE T/R/U
District
PERSON MALE FEMALE
1 2 3 4 5
BIHAR All Schedule Tribes Total 13,36,573 6,82,516 6,54,057

BIHAR All Schedule Tribes Rural 12,70,851 6,48,535 6,22,316

BIHAR All Schedule Tribes Urban 65,722 33,981 31,741

BIHAR Asur, Agaria Total 4,129 2,114 2,015
BIHAR Asur, Agaria Rural 3,987 2,044 1,943
BIHAR Asur, Agaria Urban 142 70 72
BIHAR Baiga Total 543 276 267
BIHAR Baiga Rural 485 250 235
BIHAR Baiga Urban 58 26 32
BIHAR Banjara Total 2,709 1,371 1,338
BIHAR Banjara Rural 2,320 1,172 1,148
BIHAR Banjara Urban 389 199 190
BIHAR Bathudi Total 18 12 6
BIHAR Bathudi Rural 18 12 6
BIHAR Bathudi Urban 0 0 0
BIHAR Bedia Total 1,777 938 839
BIHAR Bedia Rural 1,739 917 822
BIHAR Bedia Urban 38 21 17
 Population
State/ 2011
District CASTE T/R/U
PERSON MALE FEMALE
1 2 3 4 5 6
BIHAR Binjhia Total 15 6 9

BIHAR Binjhia Rural 10 5 5

BIHAR Binjhia Urban 5 1 4

BIHAR Birhor Total 377 187 190

BIHAR Birhor Rural 323 164 159
BIHAR Birhor Urban 54 23 31
BIHAR Birjia Total 208 113 95
BIHAR Birjia Rural 201 108 93
BIHAR Birjia Urban 7 5 2
BIHAR Chero Total 12,741 6,589 6,152
BIHAR Chero Rural 12,586 6,503 6,083
BIHAR Chero Urban 155 86 69
BIHAR Chik Baraik Total 2,135 1,091 1,044
BIHAR Chik Baraik Rural 1,578 795 783
BIHAR Chik Baraik Urban 557 296 261
 Population
State/ 2011
District CASTE T/R/U
PERSON MALE FEMALE

1 2 3 4 5 6

BIHAR Gond Total 2,56,738 1,29,927 1,26,811

BIHAR Gond Rural 2,40,433 1,21,345 1,19,088

BIHAR Gond Urban 16,305 8,582 7,723

BIHAR Gorait Total 836 405 431

BIHAR Gorait Rural 713 337 376

BIHAR Gorait Urban 123 68 55
BIHAR Ho Total 715 375 340
BIHAR Ho Rural 481 256 225
BIHAR Ho Urban 234 119 115
BIHAR Karmali Total 277 145 132
BIHAR Karmali Rural 210 113 97
BIHAR Karmali Urban 67 32 35
State/ CASTE T/R/U Population
District 2011

PERSON MALE FEMALE

1 2 3 4 5 6
Kharia, Dhelki Kharia,
BIHAR Dudh Kharia, Hill 11,569 5,852 5,717
Kharia Total
Kharia, Dhelki Kharia,
BIHAR Dudh Kharia, Hill 10,325 5,251 5,074
Kharia Rural
Kharia, Dhelki Kharia,
BIHAR Dudh Kharia, Hill 1,244 601 643
Kharia Urban
BIHAR 1,25,811 66,110 59,701
Kharwar Total
BIHAR Kharwar Rural 1,18,246 62,107 56,139
BIHAR Kharwar Urban 7,565 4,003 3,562
BIHAR Khond Total 134 81 53
BIHAR Khond Rural 81 53 28
BIHAR Khond Urban 53 28 25
BIHAR Kisan, Nagesia Total 28,931 14,937 13,994
BIHAR Kisan, Nagesia Rural 27,684 14,297 13,387
BIHAR Kisan, Nagesia Urban 1,247 640 607
 Population
State/ 2011
District CASTE T/R/U
PERSON MALE FEMALE

1 2 3 4 5 6

BIHAR Kora, Mudi-kora Total 16,580 8,398 8,182

BIHAR Kora, Mudi-kora Rural 16,434 8,325 8,109

BIHAR Kora, Mudi-kora Urban 146 73 73

BIHAR Korwa Total 452 235 217

BIHAR Korwa Rural 393 204 189

BIHAR Korwa Urban 59 31 28
BIHAR Lohara, Lohra Total 7,718 4,033 3,685
BIHAR Lohara, Lohra Rural 6,784 3,543 3,241
BIHAR Lohara, Lohra Urban 934 490 444
BIHAR Mahli Total 4,132 2,169 1,963
BIHAR Mahli Rural 3,880 2,036 1,844
BIHAR Mahli Urban 252 133 119
 Population
State/ 2011
District CASTE T/R/U
PERSON MALE FEMALE

1 2 3 4 5 6

BIHAR Mal Paharia, Total 2,225 1,155 1,070

Kumarbhag Paharia

BIHAR Mal Paharia,

Kumarbhag Paharia Rural 2,157 1,120 1,037

BIHAR Mal Paharia, Urban 68 35 33

Kumarbhag Paharia

BIHAR Munda, Patar Total 14,028 7,226 6,802

BIHAR Munda, Patar Rural 12,944 6,657 6,287

BIHAR Munda, Patar Urban 1,084 569 515
BIHAR Oraon, Dhangar
(Oraon) Total 1,44,472 73,917 70,555

BIHAR Oraon, Dhangar

(Oraon) Rural 1,27,578 65,309 62,269

BIHAR Oraon, Dhangar Urban 16,894 8,608 8,286

(Oraon)
BIHAR Parhaiya Total 647 325 322
BIHAR Parhaiya Rural 632 319 313
BIHAR Parhaiya Urban 15 6 9
 Population
State/ 2011
District CASTE T/R/U
PERSON MALE FEMALE

1 2 3 4 5 6

BIHAR Sauria Paharia Total 1,932 974 958

BIHAR Sauria Paharia Rural 1,843 926 917

BIHAR Sauria Paharia Urban 89 48 41

BIHAR Savar Total 80 44 36

BIHAR Savar Rural 76 43 33

BIHAR Savar Urban 4 1 3
BIHAR Kawar Total 868 456 412
BIHAR Kawar Rural 534 285 249
BIHAR Kawar Urban 334 171 163
BIHAR Kol Total 10,735 5,536 5,199
BIHAR Kol Rural 10,482 5,384 5,098
BIHAR Kol Urban 253 152 101
 Population
State/ 2011
District CASTE T/R/U
PERSON MALE FEMALE

1 2 3 4 5 6

BIHAR Tharu Total 1,59,939 81,236 78,703

BIHAR Tharu Rural 1,59,462 80,969 78,493

BIHAR Tharu Urban 477 267 210

(i) ST communities returned with zero population in 2011 Census are

not shown.
(ii) (ii) All Scheduled Tribes includes figures for Generic Tribes, i.e.
those who returned as Anusuchit jan-jati, Girijan, Adivasi, etc.
 STs BY POPULATION

Top 5 Bottom 5
% share in % share in
Name of the Total Name of the Total
Total ST Total ST
Caste Population Caste Population
Population Population
Santal 4,06,076 30.38
Birjia 208 0.016
Gond 2,56,738 19.21
Khond 134 0.010
Tharu 1,59,939 11.97
Savar 80 0.006
Oraon,
Dhangar 1,44,472 10.81 Bathudi 18 0.001
(Oraon)
Kharwar 1,25,811 9.41 Binjhia 15 0.001