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 118222 households, population of 700843 of which 363497 are males and 337346 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 127841 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 638 sq.km with population density of 1099 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
Total700843100%
Hindu63409990.48%
Muslim642599.17%
Religion not stated15790.23%
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)24.43613.57
Number of households8453109769
Total Population51849648994
Population (%)52.22%48.16%
Male Population27077336420
Female Population24772312574
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
Karpi192213208.13924924
Arwal159686124.321284919
Kaler148941136.861088938
Kurtha121818121.97999925
Sonbhadra Banshi Suryapur7818546.721673944

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Arwal Population Facts

Number of Households118222
Population700843
Male Population363497 (51.87%)
Female Population337346 (48.13%)
Children Population127841
Area638 km2
Population density/km21099
Sex-ratio928
Literacy55.13%
Male Literacy64.73%
Female Literacy44.78%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %0.08%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %20.16%

Map of Arwal, Bihar