BPSC · District of Bihar

Begusarai: 29.7 lakh people, one story

People
29,70,541
Area
1,918 km²
Literacy
63.87%
Sex ratio
895
Top 3 in BiharHousehold industry workers: 6.2 % of workers. Rank 2 of 38 districts.See the numbers →Big number29.7 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 1,549 to every km².See the numbers →

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BegusaraiBihar

The history, places and schemes of Begusarai are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Begusarai in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population29.7 lakh#16/38 in Bihar
Area1,918 km²#27/38 in Bihar
Population density1,549 per km²#5/38 in Bihar▲ state 1,106
Sex ratio895 females per 1000 males#33/38 in Bihar▼ state 918
Child sex ratio (0–6)919 girls per 1000 boys#34/38 in Bihar▼ state 935
Literacy rate63.87%#15/38 in Bihar▲ state 61.80
Female literacy55.21%#10/38 in Bihar▲ state 51.50
Urban population19.2%#4/38 in Bihar▲ state 11.3

People & society

63.9% can read. 895 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
71.671.2
Female literacy
55.251.5
Scheduled Castes
14.615.9
Scheduled Tribes
0.11.3
Living in towns
19.211.3

Gender literacy gap: 16.4 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 86.0%
  • Muslim 13.7%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    61 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    9.4 lakh workers, 31.6% of all people

    This district
    Bihar
    • Cultivators 15.6%
    • Farm labourers 45.9%
    • Household industry 6.2%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 32.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 16% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      16.413.2
      Latrine at home
      25.418.6
      Tap water
      2.93.6
      LPG / PNG
      6.76.5
      Phone
      45.644.9
      Television
      10.511.8
      Bicycle
      40.339.4
      Two-wheeler
      5.66.5

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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