CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES-11 BIHAR PAPER 2 OF 2001 PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS Rural-urban Distribution of Population SUDHIR KUMAR RAKESH Director of Census Operations, Bihar , CONTENTS PARTICULARS PAGE NO. Preface v Acknowledgement vii Figures at a gl~nce ix State Highlights xi Map showing Administrative Division of State, 2001 Census ... xiii Map showing Administrative Division (C.D. Block) of State, 2001 Census xv Introduction 3 ANALYSIS OF RESULT Urbanisation-Rural and Urban Composition 7 Sex ratio in Districts and C.D. Blocks 19 Literacy rates by Sex and Rural-Urban break up in District and C.D. Blocks 23 City (having one million plus population) ... 33 TABLES Table 1 - Population, child population in the age-group 0-6 and literates 39 by residence and Sex - State, District, UAlCity/Town, 2001 Table 2 - Population, child population in the age-group ,0-6 and literates 49 by residence and Sex - State, District, C.D. Block, 2001 Table 3 - Percentage decadal growth, percentage of child population in the 75 age-group 0-6 by residence and percentage of urban population to total population - State and District, 2001 Table 4 - Sex ratio of population and Sex ratio of child population in the 79 age-group 0-6' - State,' District, C.D. Block, 2001 Table .5 - Literacy rates by residence and Sex - State, District, C.D. Block, 2001 97 Table 6 - Population, percentage decadal growth 1991-2001, Sex ratio, literacy by 113 Sex - UAs, cities and towns by size class in the State, 2001 Appendix 1 to Table 6 - Population, child population in the age-group 0-6 and literates by Sex - 117 independent Cities and Towns arranged in alphabetical order, 2001 PARTICULARS PAGE NO. Appendix 2 to Table 6 - List of towns of i 991 declassified in 2001 and towns of 1991 merged 121 with other towns in 2001 Table 7 - Growth of urban population, 1981-2001 122 STATEMENTS Statement - Rural-Urban distribution of population - India and States/ 125 Union Territories, 2001 Statement 2 - Number of statutory and Census towns. 1991 and 2001 129 Statement 3 - Ranking of districts by percentage of urban population, ... 130 1991 and 2001 Statement 4 - Trends in urbanization, 1991-2001 ... 131 MAPS Decadal growth rate of rural population 1991-2001 135 Percentage decadal ~rowth rate of urban populatin 1991-2001 137 Percentage of urban population 2001 139 Growth rate of UAs/Cities 1991-2001 (Class I) 141 DIAGRAMS Distribution of rural-urban population 1901-2001 145 Percentage decadal growth in urban population, 1901-1911 to 1991-2001 146 Distribution of population of UAs/Cities!fowns in different size classes 1901-2001 147 Distribution of rural-urban population 2001 (Districts) 148 PREFACE The second phase of Census of India, 2001 viz., the population enumeration th th work was undertaken between 9 and 28 February, 2001 (both days inclusive) with 5t th a revisional round from 1 to 5 March, 2001. The reference date at which the snapshot 5t of the population is taken, was 00.00 hours of 1 March, 2001. Maintaining the past tradition of releasing the population data on a provisional basis within a short time after the completion of population enumeration, the provisional population figures were compiled at the Census Directorate based on various abstracts built up at different administrative levels such as the Enumeration block, Rural/Urban Charge (Community Development BlockfTown) and the District. The entire exercise of aggregation of provisional data up to the state level was completed within a very short span of time. On the basis of these abstracts, the proVisional population figures of this state were released on 2ih March, 2001 in the form of paper-I containing provisional figures with regard to Total population, Population in the age-group 0-6 and Literate population. The provisional population figures presented in paper-1 were for State and District levels only. The present paper-2 of 2001,' which is second in the series of publications on provisional population totals, mainly includes provisional data on rural-urban distribution of population and its characteristics, population totals for urban agglomerations and their constituents and totals for individual cities and towns. The provisional population of outgrowths have also been shown separately as constituents of urban agglomerations. Since the release of final population figures may take some more time, it is hoped that the provisional data being presented in this pap,er would be useful for the planners, govemment and non-govemm~nt organisations and researchers etc. I would like to express my deep sense of gratitude to the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India and his team of dedicated officers for the able guidance and encouragement provided by them in giving final shape to this paper. I am personally grateful to officers and staff of my own directorate for all the strain they took i,n preparing this paper in the shortest possible time. It is only because of their untiring effort and dedication that it has been possible to bring out this paper within such a short span of time. Patna Sudhir Kumar Rakesh 5t The 21 July, 2001 Director of Census Operations, Bihar ACKNOWLEDGEMENT List of Officers/Officials involved in preparation of Provisiona~ Population Totals SI.No. Name Designation 1. Sri Phool Singh Joint Director 2. Sri M.M.A. Beg Deputy Director 3. Sri S.K. Sinha Deputy Director 4. Sri K.K. Verma Assistant Director 5. Sri M. Guria Research Officer (Map) 6. Sri B.K. Shrivastava Printing Officer C. T.U. Section 7. Sri P.M. Prasad Investigator 8. Sri T.N. Rukhaiyar Investigator 9. Sri K.N.P. Shrivastava Investigator 10. Sri Ganesh Pd. Singh Investigator 11. Sri S.K. Singh Investigator 12. Sri M.K.P. Sharma Statistical Investigator Gr. III 13. Sri Shyam Pd. Singh Statistical Investigator Gr. III 14. Sri Shailendra kr. Sinha Statistical Investigator Gr. III 15. Smt. Bina Kujur Statistical Investigator Gr. III 16. Smt. Usha Kumari Statistical Investigator Gr. 111 17. Sri Kishori Sharan Computor 18. Sri Birendra Pd. Singh Computor 19. Sri Rajiv Kr. Sinha Computor 20. Sri Deepak Kr. Mishra Computor 21. Sri G.K. Labh Computor 22. Sri Ashok Kr. Sharma Computor 23. Sri Amar Chandra Sinha Computor 24. Smt. Rojalia Kujur Computor 25. Sri Sheo Balak Prasad Computor 26. Sri Ashish Kr. Singh Computor 27. Smt. Puja Shrivastava Assistant Compiler Computer Cell 28. Sri Anup Kr. Verma D.E.O. "8" 29. Sri S.S.· Srivastava D.E.O. "'B" 30. Sri N .K. Srivastava D.E.O. "8" vii SI,No. Name Designation Confidential Section 31. Sri Suresh Ravidas Confidential Assistant 32. Sri Md. Ashraful Hoda L.D.C. Map Section 33. Sri Indra Kant Mishra Sr. Drawing Assistant· 34. Sri Ratan K~. Roy Draftsman 35. Sri M.N. Khan Draftsman viii CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 FIGURES AT A GLANCE BIHAR i) Total Population Persons Males Females T 82878796 43153964 39724832 R 74199596 38510686 35688910 U 8679200 4643278 4035922 ii) Decadal Population Absolute Percentage Growth 1991-2001 T 18348242 28.43 R 16380827 28.33 U 1967415 29.31 iii) Average annual exponential T 2.50 growth rate 1991-2001 R 2.49 U 2.57 iv) Area in sq. km. * T 94163.00 R 92358.40 U 1804.60 v) Population Density T 880 R 803 U 4809 vi) Sex Ratio T 921 R 927 U 869 vii) Child Population in the Persons Males Females Age-group 0-6 (with per- T 16234539 8375532 7859007 centage to Total/Rural! (19.59) (19.41 ) (19.78) Urban population shown R 14883794 7673648 7210146 in parenthesis) (20.06) (19.93) (20.20) u 1350745 701884 648861 (15.56) (15.12) (16.08) viii) Literacy Rate Persons Males Females T 47.53 60.32 33.57 R 44.42 57.70 30.03 U 72.71 80.80 63.30 * Provisional ix CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 STATE HIGHLIGHTS 1. Number of Divisions 9 2. Number of Districts 37 3. Number of Subdivisions 101 4. Number of C.D. Blocks 533 5. Number of Urban Agglomerations 9 6. Number of Toyvns 130 i) Statutory Towns 125 ii) Census Towns (Non-statutory) 5 7. Number of UAsl I 7 UAs/12 Towns Independent Towns II 2 UAs/14 Towns by size class III 65 Towns IV 17.Towns V 3 Towns VI Nil 8. Most populous town - Patna M.Corp. (including OGs) 1442932 Least Populous town - Raghunathpur CT (Katihar) 5601 9. Town with highest decadal growth - Koilwar NA (Bhojpur) 94.14 Town with lowest decadal growth - Mokameh M (Patna) -5.25 10. Most densely populated town - Col gong M (Bhagalpur) 35095 Least densely populated town - Rajgir NA (Nalanda) 671 11. Town having highest Sex ratio - Barauli NA (Gopalganj) 1026 Town having lowest Sex ratio - Paharpur CT (Gaya) 471 12. Town having highest literacy rate- Paharpur CT (Gaya) 89.02 Town having lowest literacy rate- Belsand NA,(Sitamarhi) 41.45 13. Town having highest female literacy rate- Dumra NA 83.52 (Sitamarhi) Town having lowest female literacy rate- Bahadurganj NA 28.23 (Kishanganj) xi 14. C.D. Block having highest Sex ratio - Maharajganj (Siwan) 1095 C.D. Block having lowest Sex ratio - Dalsinghsarai (Samastipur) 780 15. C.D. Block having highest literacy rate- Patna Rural (a) 84.76 C.D. Block having lowest literacy rate- Baisi (Purnia) 19.99 16. C.D. Block having highest female literacy rate- Patna Rural (a) 78.54 C.D. Block having lowest female literacy rate- Piprasi (Pashchim 9.10 Champaran) 17. Name of Capital city of Bihar State­ Patna Status M.Corp. Population (including OGs) 1442932 Literacy rate 81.84 Sex ratio 838 Density 13319 Decadal growth rate 50.87 Note:- UA - Urban Agglomeration M.Corp.