Purnia District - Population 2011-2025

Quick Overview of Purnia District (2021/2025 Projection & 2011 Census)

• District: Purnia, Bihar
• Area: 3,229 sq km
• Headquarters: Purnia
• Population (2011): 3,264,619 (Male: 1,699,370 | Female: 1,565,249)
• Estimated Population (2025): 4,029,846 – 4,320,000 (varies across sources)
• Population Density (2011): 1,011 per sq km
• Sex Ratio (2011): 921 females per 1000 males
• Child Sex Ratio (0-6): 954 girls per 1000 boys
• Literacy Rate (2011): 51.08% (Male: 59.06%, Female: 42.34%)
• SC population: 11.98% | ST population: 4.27%
• Urban population: 10.51% | Rural: 89.49%
• Households (2011): 647,777
• Blocks/Taluks: 14 | Subdivisions: 4 | Panchayats: 246 | Villages: 1,273
• Number of Towns: 3

Historic Population (1901–2011, Decadal and Projected Growth)

Census Year	Population	Variation	Variation %	Male	Female
1901	478,222	-	-	244,000	234,000
1911	513,879	+35,657	+7.46%	262,000	252,000
1921	548,740	+34,861	+6.78%	283,000	266,000
1931	593,534	+44,794	+8.16%	307,000	287,000
1941	646,133	+52,599	+8.86%	332,000	315,000
1951	685,744	+39,611	+6.13%	356,000	329,000
1961	938,810	+253,066	+36.90%	487,000	452,000
1971	1,191,510	+252,700	+26.92%	623,000	569,000
1981	1,518,223	+326,713	+27.42%	789,000	729,000
1991	1,878,885	+360,662	+23.76%	987,000	892,000
2001	2,543,942	+665,057	+35.40%	1,328,417	1,215,525
2011	3,264,619	+720,677	+28.33%	1,699,370	1,565,249

Year	Estimated Population
2025	4,029,846 – 4,320,000
2026	4,133,000 – 4,360,000
2036	4,634,659

Urban & Rural, Households, City/Town Stats

	Urban	Rural	Total
Population (2011)	343,005	2,921,614	3,264,619
Male	179,848	1,519,522	1,699,370
Female	163,157	1,402,092	1,565,249
Sex Ratio	907	923	921
Child Sex Ratio (0-6)	955	954	954
Literacy Rate	72.74%	48.38%	51.08%
Male Literacy	77.84%	56.70%	59.06%
Female Literacy	67.07%	39.28%	42.34%
Number of Households	647,777
Number of Towns	3
Number of Villages	1,273

City List & Urban Agglomeration

City Name	Population 2011	Male	Female	Estimated 2025
Purnia (Municipal Corp.)	282,248	148,077	134,171	348,407
Purnia UA	312,669	164,031	148,638	–

Subdistrict/Taluks/Blocks in Purnia

• Amour
• Baisa
• Baisi
• Banmankhi
• Barhara
• Bhawanipur
• Dagarua
• Dhamdaha
• Jalalgarh
• Kasba
• Krityanand Nagar
• Purnia East
• Rupauli
• Srinagar

Subdivision	Blocks (Talukas)
Purnia Sadar	Purnia East, Kasba, Jalalgarh, Krityanand Nagar, Srinagar
Banmankhi	Banmankhi
Dhamdaha	Dhamdaha, Barhara Kothi, Bhawanipur, Rupauli
Baisi	Baisi, Baisa, Amour, Dagarua

Religion-wise Population (2011 & 2025 Estimate)

Religion	Population 2011	% (2011)	Population 2025 Estimate
Hindu	1,989,420	60.94%	2,455,740
Muslim	1,255,641	38.46%	1,549,963
Christian	7,989	0.24%	9,862
Sikh	614	0.02%	758
Buddhist	353	0.01%	436
Jain	1,450	0.04%	1,790
Other	650	0.02%	802
Not Stated	8,502	0.26%	10,495
Total	3,264,619	100%	4,029,846

Block-wise Religion % (2011)

Block	Hindu %	Muslim %	Other %
Banmankhi	86.19	13.33	0.48
Barhara	90.37	9.11	0.52
Bhawanipur	75.48	24.07	0.45
Rupauli	89.20	10.57	0.23
Dhamdaha	84.32	14.55	1.13
Krityanand Nagar	67.07	32.03	0.90
Purnia East	68.52	30.26	1.22
Kasba	41.63	58.08	0.29
Srinagar	65.91	33.69	0.40
Jalalgarh	53.41	46.28	0.31
Amour	22.58	76.93	0.49
Baisa	27.76	71.94	0.30
Baisi	22.37	77.32	0.31
Dagarua	37.17	62.55	0.28

SC/ST/Caste-wise Population (2011)

Caste	Total	Male	Female	% of Population	Sex Ratio
Scheduled Caste	390,991	203,201	187,790	11.98%	925
Scheduled Tribe	139,490	71,391	68,099	4.27%	954

Sex Ratio & Child Sex Ratio, Religion & Area

Category	Sex Ratio
Total	921
Urban	907
Rural	923
SC	925
ST	954

Religion	Sex Ratio
Hindu	914
Muslim	934
Christian	962
Not Stated	944

Literacy Rate (Overall, Urban/Rural, Religion, 2011)

Category	Average Literacy Rate	Male Literacy Rate	Female Literacy Rate
Total	51.08%	59.06%	42.34%
Urban	72.74%	77.84%	67.07%
Rural	48.38%	56.70%	39.28%

Religion	Average Literacy Rate	Male Literacy Rate	Female Literacy Rate
Hindu	55.84%	63.99%	46.83%
Muslim	43.13%	50.75%	34.91%
Christian	56.68%	64.02%	49.13%
Not Stated	56.29%	65.67%	46.88%

Child Population (0-6 years, 2011)

	Total	Male	Female	% of Population	Child Sex Ratio
Purnia	656,510	335,955	320,555	20.11%	954

Workforce Details (2011)

Work Profile	Total	Male	Female
Total Workers	1,143,318	803,275	340,043
Main Workers	776,385	600,719	175,666
Cultivators	160,724	137,994	22,730
Agricultural Labourers	474,573	351,814	122,759
Household Industries	15,717	9,339	6,378
Other Workers	125,371	101,572	23,799
Marginal Workers	366,933	202,556	164,377
Non-Working	2,121,301	896,095	1,225,206

Houseless Population (2011)

• Families living without roof: 398
• Total population houseless: 1,844 (~0.056%)

Languages Spoken (2011 Census)

• Hindi: 33.68%
• Urdu: 18.62%
• Maithili (incl. Thethi & Purbi): 10.72%
• Surjapuri: 8.73%
• Bengali: 4.51%
• Santali: 2.50%
• Others (under Hindi): 18.53%

Key Rivers

• Kosi River (Kari Kosi channel)
• Mahananda River
• Saura River

Administrative Divisions & Panchayats

• Subdivisions: Purnea Sadar, Banmankhi, Dhamdaha, Baisi
• Blocks: 14
  (see list above)
• Panchayats: 246
• Villages: 1,273
• Major temples: Puran Devi, Kali Mandir, Maata Asthan, Panchmukhi, Rani Sati, Prahlad Stambh, Dhima Shiv Mandir
• Dargah: Hazrat Mustafa Jamalul Haque Bandagi, Khanquah Alia Mustafia

Assembly Constituency No.	Name	Current MLA (2025)	Party	Alliance	Remarks
56	Amour	Akhtarul Iman	AIMIM	None	–
57	Baisi	Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad	RJD	MGB	Switched from AIMIM to RJD
58	Kasba	Md Afaque Alam	INC	MGB	–
59	Banmankhi	Krishna Kumar Rishi	BJP	NDA	–
60	Rupauli	Bima Bharti	JD(U)	NDA	Switched to RJD. By-election 2024: Shankar Singh (IND)
61	Dhamdaha	Leshi Singh	JD(U)	NDA	–
62	Purnia	Vijay Kumar Khemka	BJP	NDA	–

Neighbouring Districts (Bihar)

District	Population 2011	Population 2025 Estimate (where available)
Katihar	3,071,029	–
Kishanganj	1,690,400	–
Araria	2,811,569	–
Madhepura	2,001,762	–
Supaul	2,229,076	–
Saharsa	1,900,661	–
Madhubani	4,487,379	–
Darbhanga	3,937,385	–
Muzaffarpur	4,801,062	5,926,431
Sitamarhi	3,423,574	–