BPSC · District of Bihar

Purba Champaran: 51 lakh people, one story

People
50,99,371
Area
3,968 km²
Literacy
55.79%
Sex ratio
902
Top 3 in BiharPopulation: 50,99,371. Rank 2 of 38 districts.See the numbers →Top 3 in BiharArea: 3,968 km². Rank 3 of 38 districts.See the numbers →Big number51 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 1,285 to every km².See the numbers →

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Purba ChamparanBihar

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

Purba Champaran in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population51 lakh#2/38 in Bihar
Area3,968 km²#3/38 in Bihar
Population density1,285 per km²#11/38 in Bihar▲ state 1,106
Sex ratio902 females per 1000 males#28/38 in Bihar▼ state 918
Child sex ratio (0–6)933 girls per 1000 boys#20/38 in Bihar▼ state 935
Literacy rate55.79%#29/38 in Bihar▼ state 61.80
Female literacy45.12%#30/38 in Bihar▼ state 51.50
Urban population7.9%#24/38 in Bihar▼ state 11.3

People & society

55.8% can read. 902 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
65.371.2
Female literacy
45.151.5
Scheduled Castes
12.715.9
Scheduled Tribes
0.21.3
Living in towns
7.911.3

Gender literacy gap: 20.2 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 80.1%
  • Muslim 19.4%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    81 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    17.4 lakh workers, 34.1% of all people

    This district
    Bihar
    • Cultivators 20.1%
    • Farm labourers 60.9%
    • Household industry 2.7%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 16.4%

      Schemes & development

      Only 6% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      6.013.2
      Latrine at home
      14.418.6
      Tap water
      1.63.6
      LPG / PNG
      4.26.5
      Phone
      47.044.9
      Television
      7.811.8
      Bicycle
      49.139.4
      Two-wheeler
      6.36.5

      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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