Arwal District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Arwal is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 5 Taluks, 316 villages and 1 towns in Arwal district.

As per the Census India 2011, Arwal district has 118,222 households, population of 700,843 of which 363,497 are males and 337,346 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 127,841 which is 18.24% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Arwal district is around 928 compared to 918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Arwal district is 55.13% out of which 64.73% males are literate and 44.78% females are literate. The total area of Arwal is 614 sq.km with population density of 1,058 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 92.6% of population lives in Urban area and 7.4% lives in Rural area. There are 20.16% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.08% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Arwal district.

Arwal Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total700,843100%
Hindu634,09990.48%
Muslim64,2599.17%
Religion not stated1,5790.23%
Christian3900.06%
Buddhist3230.05%
Jain740.01%
Other religions and persuasions600.01%
Sikh590.01%

Arwal Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)24614
Number of households8,453109,769
Total Population51,849648,994
Population (%)52.22%48.16%
Male Population27,077336,420
Female Population24,772312,574
Sex Ratio915929
Literacy (%)61.94%54.58%

List of Taluks in Arwal

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Arwal district, Bihar
TalukPopulationArea (km2)Pop. DensitySex-ratio
Karpi192,213208924924
Arwal159,6861241284919
Kaler148,9411371088938
Kurtha121,818122999925
Sonbhadra Banshi Suryapur78,185471673944

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Arwal Population Facts

Number of Households118,222
Population700,843
Male Population363,497 (51.87%)
Female Population337,346 (48.13%)
Children Population127,841
Area614 km2
Population density/km21,058
Sex-ratio928
Literacy55.13%
Male Literacy64.73%
Female Literacy44.78%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %0.08%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %20.16%

Map of Arwal, Bihar