Purnia District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Purnia is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 14 Taluks, 1,273 villages and 3 towns in Purnia district.

As per the Census India 2011, Purnia district has 647,777 households, population of 3,264,619 of which 1,699,370 are males and 1,565,249 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 656,510 which is 20.11% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Purnia district is around 921 compared to 918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Purnia district is 40.81% out of which 47.39% males are literate and 33.67% females are literate. The total area of Purnia is 3,229 sq.km with population density of 1,011 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 89.49% of population lives in Urban area and 10.51% lives in Rural area. There are 11.98% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 4.27% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Purnia district.

Purnia Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	3,264,619	100%
Hindu	1,989,420	60.94%
Muslim	1,255,641	38.46%
Religion not stated	8,502	0.26%
Christian	7,989	0.24%
Jain	1,450	0.04%
Other religions and persuasions	650	0.02%
Sikh	614	0.02%
Buddhist	353	0.01%

Purnia 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)	128	3,101
Number of households	66,414	581,363
Total Population	343,005	2,921,614
Population (%)	52.43%	47.99%
Male Population	179,848	1,519,522
Female Population	163,157	1,402,092
Sex Ratio	907	923
Literacy (%)	61.43%	38.39%

List of Taluks in Purnia

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

Purnia Population Facts

Number of Households	647,777
Population	3,264,619
Male Population	1,699,370 (52.05%)
Female Population	1,565,249 (47.95%)
Children Population	656,510
Area	3,229 km2
Population density/km2	1,011
Sex-ratio	921
Literacy	40.81%
Male Literacy	47.39%
Female Literacy	33.67%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	4.27%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	11.98%