Gaya is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 24 Taluks, 2886 villages and 7 towns in Gaya district.
As per the Census India 2011, Gaya district has 688425 households, population of 4391418 of which 2266566 are males and 2124852 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 783059 which is 17.83% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Gaya district is around
937 compared to
918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Gaya district is 52.32% out of which 60.39% males are literate and 43.71% females are literate. The total area of Gaya is 4976 sq.km with population density of 883 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 86.76% of population lives in Urban area and 13.24% lives in Rural area. There are 30.39% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.07% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Gaya district.
Gaya Religion Population
Description | Population | Percentage |
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Total | 4391418 | 100% |
Hindu | 3876395 | 88.27% |
Muslim | 488121 | 11.12% |
Religion not stated | 19345 | 0.44% |
Christian | 3943 | 0.09% |
Jain | 1723 | 0.04% |
Sikh | 913 | 0.02% |
Buddhist | 870 | 0.02% |
Other religions and persuasions | 108 | 0% |
Gaya Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
Description | Urban | Rural |
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Area(sq.km) | 85.26 | 4890.74 |
Number of households | 89642 | 598783 |
Total Population | 581601 | 3809817 |
Population (%) | 52.61% | 48.54% |
Male Population | 305974 | 1960592 |
Female Population | 275627 | 1849225 |
Sex Ratio | 901 | 943 |
Literacy (%) | 69.07% | 49.76% |
List of Taluks in Gaya
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