Purba Champaran District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Purba Champaran is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 27 Taluks, 1,293 villages and 10 towns in Purba Champaran district.

As per the Census India 2011, Purba Champaran district has 981,516 households, population of 5,099,371 of which 2,681,209 are males and 2,418,162 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 1,018,297 which is 19.97% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Purba Champaran district is around 902 compared to 918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Purba Champaran district is 44.65% out of which 52.5% males are literate and 35.95% females are literate. The total area of Purba Champaran is 3,968 sq.km with population density of 1,285 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 92.13% of population lives in Urban area and 7.87% lives in Rural area. There are 12.74% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.24% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Purba Champaran district.

Purba Champaran Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	5,099,371	100%
Hindu	4,086,453	80.14%
Muslim	990,349	19.42%
Religion not stated	15,590	0.31%
Christian	4,865	0.1%
Buddhist	878	0.02%
Sikh	668	0.01%
Jain	464	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	104	0%

Purba Champaran 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)	124	3,844
Number of households	71,844	909,672
Total Population	401,343	4,698,028
Population (%)	53.08%	47.46%
Male Population	213,028	2,468,181
Female Population	188,315	2,229,847
Sex Ratio	884	903
Literacy (%)	59.34%	43.4%

List of Taluks in Purba Champaran

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Purba Champaran district, Bihar

Purba Champaran Population Facts

Number of Households	981,516
Population	5,099,371
Male Population	2,681,209 (52.58%)
Female Population	2,418,162 (47.42%)
Children Population	1,018,297
Area	3,968 km2
Population density/km2	1,285
Sex-ratio	902
Literacy	44.65%
Male Literacy	52.5%
Female Literacy	35.95%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0.24%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	12.74%