BPSC · District of Bihar

Muzaffarpur: 48 lakh people, one story

People
48,01,062
Area
3,172 km²
Literacy
63.43%
Sex ratio
900
Top 3 in BiharPopulation: 48,01,062. Rank 3 of 38 districts.See the numbers →Big number48 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 1,514 to every km².See the numbers →

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MuzaffarpurBihar

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

Muzaffarpur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population48 lakh#3/38 in Bihar
Area3,172 km²#10/38 in Bihar
Population density1,514 per km²#6/38 in Bihar▲ state 1,106
Sex ratio900 females per 1000 males#30/38 in Bihar▼ state 918
Child sex ratio (0–6)915 girls per 1000 boys#36/38 in Bihar▼ state 935
Literacy rate63.43%#18/38 in Bihar▲ state 61.80
Female literacy54.67%#15/38 in Bihar▲ state 51.50
Urban population9.9%#14/38 in Bihar▼ state 11.3

People & society

63.4% can read. 900 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
71.371.2
Female literacy
54.751.5
Scheduled Castes
15.715.9
Scheduled Tribes
0.11.3
Living in towns
9.911.3

Gender literacy gap: 16.6 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 84.0%
  • Muslim 15.5%
  • Christian 0.1%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    67 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    15.5 lakh workers, 32.2% of all people

    This district
    Bihar
    • Cultivators 17.7%
    • Farm labourers 49.7%
    • Household industry 4.2%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 28.4%

      Schemes & development

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

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      16.113.2
      Latrine at home
      22.918.6
      Tap water
      3.93.6
      LPG / PNG
      7.86.5
      Phone
      48.944.9
      Television
      15.411.8
      Bicycle
      49.039.4
      Two-wheeler
      8.46.5

      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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