Bikaner District Population, Rajasthan - Census India 2011

Bikaner is one of district of Rajasthan in India. There are 8 Tehsils, 919 villages and 6 towns in Bikaner district.

As per the Census India 2011, Bikaner district has 384,944 households, population of 2,363,937 of which 1,240,801 are males and 1,123,136 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 400,554 which is 16.94% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Bikaner district is around 905 compared to 928 which is average of Rajasthan state. The literacy rate of Bikaner district is 54.1% out of which 63.06% males are literate and 44.2% females are literate. The total area of Bikaner is 30,239 sq.km with population density of 78 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 66.14% of population lives in Urban area and 33.86% lives in Rural area. There are 20.88% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.33% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Bikaner district.

Bikaner Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	2,363,937	100%
Hindu	2,073,356	87.71%
Muslim	235,741	9.97%
Jain	30,850	1.31%
Sikh	20,072	0.85%
Christian	1,901	0.08%
Religion not stated	1,653	0.07%
Buddhist	285	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	79	0%

Bikaner 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)	210	30,029
Number of households	139,973	244,971
Total Population	800,384	1,563,553
Population (%)	52.4%	47.46%
Male Population	419,367	821,434
Female Population	381,017	742,119
Sex Ratio	909	903
Literacy (%)	67.42%	47.28%

List of Tehsils in Bikaner

Check out complete list of all Tehsils of Bikaner district, Rajasthan

Bikaner Population Facts

Number of Households	384,944
Population	2,363,937
Male Population	1,240,801 (52.49%)
Female Population	1,123,136 (47.51%)
Children Population	400,554
Area	30,239 km2
Population density/km2	78
Sex-ratio	905
Literacy	54.1%
Male Literacy	63.06%
Female Literacy	44.2%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0.33%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	20.88%