Patna District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Patna is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 23 Taluks, 1,388 villages and 23 towns in Patna district.

As per the Census India 2011, Patna district has 975,578 households, population of 5,838,465 of which 3,078,512 are males and 2,759,953 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 943,552 which is 16.16% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Patna district is around 897 compared to 918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Patna district is 59.26% out of which 65.88% males are literate and 51.87% females are literate. The total area of Patna is 3,202 sq.km with population density of 1,823 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 56.93% of population lives in Urban area and 43.07% lives in Rural area. There are 15.77% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.16% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Patna district.

Patna Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	5,838,465	100%
Hindu	5,356,075	91.74%
Muslim	439,952	7.54%
Religion not stated	21,668	0.37%
Christian	12,551	0.21%
Sikh	4,803	0.08%
Jain	2,151	0.04%
Buddhist	1,062	0.02%
Other religions and persuasions	203	0%

Patna 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)	270	2,932
Number of households	429,424	546,154
Total Population	2,514,590	3,323,875
Population (%)	52.99%	47.47%
Male Population	1,332,487	1,746,025
Female Population	1,182,103	1,577,850
Sex Ratio	887	904
Literacy (%)	70.36%	50.86%

List of Taluks in Patna

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

Patna Population Facts

Number of Households	975,578
Population	5,838,465
Male Population	3,078,512 (52.73%)
Female Population	2,759,953 (47.27%)
Children Population	943,552
Area	3,202 km2
Population density/km2	1,823
Sex-ratio	897
Literacy	59.26%
Male Literacy	65.88%
Female Literacy	51.87%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0.16%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	15.77%