Sitamarhi District Population, Bihar - Census India 2011

Sitamarhi is one of district of Bihar in India. There are 17 Taluks, 834 villages and 8 towns in Sitamarhi district.

As per the Census India 2011, Sitamarhi district has 736,322 households, population of 3,423,574 of which 1,803,252 are males and 1,620,322 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 663,227 which is 19.37% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Sitamarhi district is around 899 compared to 918 which is average of Bihar state. The literacy rate of Sitamarhi district is 41.97% out of which 49.09% males are literate and 34.04% females are literate. The total area of Sitamarhi is 2,294 sq.km with population density of 1,492 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 94.44% of population lives in Urban area and 5.56% lives in Rural area. There are 11.85% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.09% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Sitamarhi district.

Sitamarhi Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	3,423,574	100%
Hindu	2,672,311	78.06%
Muslim	740,101	21.62%
Religion not stated	7,543	0.22%
Christian	2,897	0.08%
Sikh	261	0.01%
Buddhist	253	0.01%
Jain	188	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	20	0%

Sitamarhi 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)	39	2,255
Number of households	37,048	699,274
Total Population	190,498	3,233,076
Population (%)	53.32%	47.37%
Male Population	101,567	1,701,685
Female Population	88,931	1,531,391
Sex Ratio	876	900
Literacy (%)	60.8%	40.86%

List of Taluks in Sitamarhi

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

Sitamarhi Population Facts

Number of Households	736,322
Population	3,423,574
Male Population	1,803,252 (52.67%)
Female Population	1,620,322 (47.33%)
Children Population	663,227
Area	2,294 km2
Population density/km2	1,492
Sex-ratio	899
Literacy	41.97%
Male Literacy	49.09%
Female Literacy	34.04%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0.09%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	11.85%