Saharsa District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Saharsa is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 10 Taluks, 468 villages and 1 towns in Saharsa district.

As per the Census India 2011, Saharsa district has 368,979 households, population of 1,900,661 of which 997,174 are males and 903,487 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 387,479 which is 20.39% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Saharsa district is around 906 compared to 918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Saharsa district is 42.35% out of which 50.78% males are literate and 33.05% females are literate. The total area of Saharsa is 1,687 sq.km with population density of 1,127 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 91.76% of population lives in Urban area and 8.24% lives in Rural area. There are 16.69% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.32% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Saharsa district.

Saharsa Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,900,661	100%
Hindu	1,629,254	85.72%
Muslim	266,620	14.03%
Religion not stated	3,121	0.16%
Christian	1,292	0.07%
Sikh	197	0.01%
Jain	109	0.01%
Buddhist	60	0%
Other religions and persuasions	8	0%

Saharsa 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)	21	1,666
Number of households	28,862	340,117
Total Population	156,540	1,744,121
Population (%)	53.21%	47.6%
Male Population	83,291	913,883
Female Population	73,249	830,238
Sex Ratio	879	908
Literacy (%)	63.19%	40.48%

List of Taluks in Saharsa

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

Saharsa Population Facts

Number of Households	368,979
Population	1,900,661
Male Population	997,174 (52.46%)
Female Population	903,487 (47.54%)
Children Population	387,479
Area	1,687 km2
Population density/km2	1,127
Sex-ratio	906
Literacy	42.35%
Male Literacy	50.78%
Female Literacy	33.05%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0.32%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	16.69%