BPSC · District of Bihar
Lakhisarai: 10 lakh people, one story
- People
- 10,00,912
- Area
- 1,228 km²
- Literacy
- 62.42%
- Sex ratio
- 902
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LakhisaraiBihar
The history, places and schemes of Lakhisarai are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.
Lakhisarai in 8 numbers
Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts
Population10 lakh#35/38 in Bihar
Area1,228 km²#34/38 in Bihar
Population density815 per km²#32/38 in Bihar▼ state 1,106
Sex ratio902 females per 1000 males#29/38 in Bihar▼ state 918
Child sex ratio (0–6)920 girls per 1000 boys#33/38 in Bihar▼ state 935
Literacy rate62.42%#20/38 in Bihar▲ state 61.80
Female literacy52.57%#20/38 in Bihar▲ state 51.50
Urban population14.3%#9/38 in Bihar▲ state 11.3
People & society
62.4% can read. 902 women for every 1000 men.
Society in numbers (%)
Gender literacy gap: 18.7 percentage points
People by religion
- Hindu 95.6%
- Muslim 4.1%
- Other / not stated 0.3%
Sectors at a glance
73 of every 100 workers live off the land
How people earn a living
3.3 lakh workers, 32.6% of all people
This district
Bihar
- Cultivators 24.0%
- Farm labourers 49.0%
- Household industry 4.1%
- Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 22.8%
Schemes & development
Only 21% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.
What homes had in 2011 (% of households)
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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Sources
- Census of India 2011: A-01 (area, households), Primary Census Abstract and Houselisting tables, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner
- District boundaries: DataMeet India, Census 2011 districts (CC BY 2.5 IN)
Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.