Purnia vs Bhagalpur
Population
32.6 lakh
30.4 lakh
Areakm²
3,229
2,569
Population densityper km²
1,011
1,182
Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males
921
880
Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys
954
938
Literacy rate%
51.08
63.14
Female literacy%
42.34
54.89
Urban population%
10.5
19.8
Scheduled Castes% of people
12.0
10.5
Scheduled Tribes% of people
4.3
2.2
Workers in farming% of workers
82.4
62.1
Household industry workers% of workers
2.5
6.1
Homes with electricity (2011)% of households
10.8
26.7
Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households
4.2
9.7
Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households
11.0
29.1
Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.