Buxar District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Buxar is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 11 Taluks, 1,133 villages and 3 towns in Buxar district.

As per the Census India 2011, Buxar district has 261,660 households, population of 1,706,352 of which 887,977 are males and 818,375 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 295,127 which is 17.3% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Buxar district is around 922 compared to 918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Buxar district is 58.01% out of which 66.84% males are literate and 48.42% females are literate. The total area of Buxar is 1,703 sq.km with population density of 1,002 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 90.36% of population lives in Urban area and 9.64% lives in Rural area. There are 14.75% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1.57% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Buxar district.

Buxar Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,706,352	100%
Hindu	1,591,454	93.27%
Muslim	105,423	6.18%
Buddhist	5,090	0.3%
Christian	2,125	0.12%
Religion not stated	1,858	0.11%
Sikh	248	0.01%
Jain	97	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	57	0%

Buxar 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)	22	1,682
Number of households	26,483	235,177
Total Population	164,499	1,541,853
Population (%)	52.82%	48.04%
Male Population	86,891	801,086
Female Population	77,608	740,767
Sex Ratio	893	925
Literacy (%)	67.86%	56.96%

List of Taluks in Buxar

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

Buxar Population Facts

Number of Households	261,660
Population	1,706,352
Male Population	887,977 (52.04%)
Female Population	818,375 (47.96%)
Children Population	295,127
Area	1,703 km2
Population density/km2	1,002
Sex-ratio	922
Literacy	58.01%
Male Literacy	66.84%
Female Literacy	48.42%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	1.57%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	14.75%