Gaya District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Gaya is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 24 Taluks, 2,886 villages and 7 towns in Gaya district.

As per the Census India 2011, Gaya district has 688,425 households, population of 4,391,418 of which 2,266,566 are males and 2,124,852 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 783,059 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 4,976 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
Total	4,391,418	100%
Hindu	3,876,395	88.27%
Muslim	488,121	11.12%
Religion not stated	19,345	0.44%
Christian	3,943	0.09%
Jain	1,723	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
Area(sq.km)	85	4,891
Number of households	89,642	598,783
Total Population	581,601	3,809,817
Population (%)	52.61%	48.54%
Male Population	305,974	1,960,592
Female Population	275,627	1,849,225
Sex Ratio	901	943
Literacy (%)	69.07%	49.76%

List of Taluks in Gaya

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

Gaya Population Facts

Number of Households	688,425
Population	4,391,418
Male Population	2,266,566 (51.61%)
Female Population	2,124,852 (48.39%)
Children Population	783,059
Area	4,976 km2
Population density/km2	883
Sex-ratio	937
Literacy	52.32%
Male Literacy	60.39%
Female Literacy	43.71%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0.07%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	30.39%