Nalanda District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Nalanda is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 20 Taluks, 1,055 villages and 6 towns in Nalanda district.

As per the Census India 2011, Nalanda district has 477,529 households, population of 2,877,653 of which 1,497,060 are males and 1,380,593 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 518,681 which is 18.02% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Nalanda district is around 922 compared to 918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Nalanda district is 52.82% out of which 61.42% males are literate and 43.49% females are literate. The total area of Nalanda is 2,355 sq.km with population density of 1,222 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 84.09% of population lives in Urban area and 15.91% lives in Rural area. There are 21.12% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.05% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Nalanda district.

Nalanda Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	2,877,653	100%
Hindu	2,669,775	92.78%
Muslim	198,033	6.88%
Religion not stated	6,435	0.22%
Christian	1,978	0.07%
Jain	561	0.02%
Buddhist	414	0.01%
Sikh	393	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	64	0%

Nalanda 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)	113	2,242
Number of households	75,750	401,779
Total Population	457,894	2,419,759
Population (%)	52.27%	48.02%
Male Population	239,332	1,257,728
Female Population	218,562	1,162,031
Sex Ratio	913	924
Literacy (%)	62.84%	50.92%

List of Taluks in Nalanda

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

Nalanda Population Facts

Number of Households	477,529
Population	2,877,653
Male Population	1,497,060 (52.02%)
Female Population	1,380,593 (47.98%)
Children Population	518,681
Area	2,355 km2
Population density/km2	1,222
Sex-ratio	922
Literacy	52.82%
Male Literacy	61.42%
Female Literacy	43.49%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0.05%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	21.12%