Jamui District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Jamui is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 10 Taluks, 1,503 villages and 5 towns in Jamui district.

As per the Census India 2011, Jamui district has 307,082 households, population of 1,760,405 of which 916,064 are males and 844,341 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 324,513 which is 18.43% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Jamui district is around 922 compared to 918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Jamui district is 48.77% out of which 58.33% males are literate and 38.4% females are literate. The total area of Jamui is 3,098 sq.km with population density of 568 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 91.74% of population lives in Urban area and 8.26% lives in Rural area. There are 17.19% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 4.48% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Jamui district.

Jamui Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,760,405	100%
Hindu	1,525,746	86.67%
Muslim	217,621	12.36%
Christian	8,443	0.48%
Religion not stated	4,749	0.27%
Other religions and persuasions	3,438	0.2%
Sikh	162	0.01%
Buddhist	159	0.01%
Jain	87	0%

Jamui 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)	48	3,050
Number of households	24,877	282,205
Total Population	145,333	1,615,072
Population (%)	52.49%	48%
Male Population	76,288	839,776
Female Population	69,045	775,296
Sex Ratio	905	923
Literacy (%)	62.81%	47.51%

List of Taluks in Jamui

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

Jamui Population Facts

Number of Households	307,082
Population	1,760,405
Male Population	916,064 (52.04%)
Female Population	844,341 (47.96%)
Children Population	324,513
Area	3,098 km2
Population density/km2	568
Sex-ratio	922
Literacy	48.77%
Male Literacy	58.33%
Female Literacy	38.4%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	4.48%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	17.19%