Banka District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Banka is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 11 Taluks, 2,111 villages and 2 towns in Banka district.

As per the Census India 2011, Banka district has 381,601 households, population of 2,034,763 of which 1,067,140 are males and 967,623 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 375,282 which is 18.44% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Banka district is around 907 compared to 918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Banka district is 47.44% out of which 55.38% males are literate and 38.69% females are literate. The total area of Banka is 3,020 sq.km with population density of 674 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 96.5% of population lives in Urban area and 3.5% lives in Rural area. There are 12.18% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 4.44% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Banka district.

Banka Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	2,034,763	100%
Hindu	1,772,655	87.12%
Muslim	250,925	12.33%
Christian	6,138	0.3%
Religion not stated	3,664	0.18%
Other religions and persuasions	1,035	0.05%
Sikh	139	0.01%
Buddhist	113	0.01%
Jain	94	0%

Banka Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	30	2,990
Number of households	13,604	367,997
Total Population	71,313	1,963,450
Population (%)	53.35%	47.59%
Male Population	38,043	1,029,097
Female Population	33,270	934,353
Sex Ratio	875	908
Literacy (%)	60.86%	46.95%

List of Taluks in Banka

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Banka district, Bihar

Banka Population Facts

Number of Households	381,601
Population	2,034,763
Male Population	1,067,140 (52.45%)
Female Population	967,623 (47.55%)
Children Population	375,282
Area	3,020 km2
Population density/km2	674
Sex-ratio	907
Literacy	47.44%
Male Literacy	55.38%
Female Literacy	38.69%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	4.44%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	12.18%