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State Profile

Important City of Bihar

After the 2011 Census, Bihar was the third most populous state of India with total population of 104,099,452 (54,278,157 male and 49,821,295 female). Nearly 89% of Bihar's population lived in rural areas. The density was 1,106. The sex ratio was 918 females per 1000 males. Almost 58% of Bihar's population was below 25 years age, which is the highest in India. Most of Bihar's population belongs to Indo-Aryan-speaking ethnic groups along with few Dravidian-speaking and Austroasiatic-speaking people mostly in Chhotanagpur Plateau (now part of Jharkhand).Bihar has a total literacy rate of 61.80% (71.20% for males and 51.50% for females), recording a growth of 20% in female literacy over the period of a decade.

At 11.29%, Bihar has the second lowest urbanisation rate in India. As per of the 2011 census, Bihar is India's most densely-populated state.

Largest cities in Bihar
	City	District	Population		City	District	Population
1	Patna	Patna	20,46,652	8	Arrah	Bhojpur	2,61,430
2	Gaya	Gaya	4,70,839	9	Begusarai	Begusarai	2,52,008
3	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	4,10,210	10	Katihar	Katihar	2,40,565
4	Muzaffarpur	Muzaffarpur	3,93,724	11	Munger	Munger	2,13,303
5	Purnea	Purnea	3,10,817	12	Chhapra	Saran	2,12,955
6	Darbhanga	Darbhanga	3,06,089	13	Saharsa	Saharsa	1,56,540
7	Biharsharif	Nalanda	2,97,268	14	Hajipur	Vaishali	1,47,688
Source: Census of India 2011