Demographic Profile of Bihar:
- Bihar is a densely populated state, where 1106 persons lived per sq. km. in 2011, which was nearly three times the average population density of the country (382 persons per sq. km.).
- The population density is expected to increase further in the coming years. In 2011, Bihar had a population of 104.1 million, whereas the population of the country was 1210.6 million.
- Between these two censuses, the sex ratio at birth and the child sex ratio had declined in both Bihar and India.
- Most of the population of the state lives in rural areas with the urbanization ratio at only 11.3 percent in 2011. However, with the consistent socio-economic development of the state, these ratios are expected to improve for Bihar in the next census.
- Demographic Profile and Administrative Structure of Bihar and India (2001 and 2011):
- The poverty ratios using the Tendulkar Committee methodology, for Bihar was 34.1 percent for rural and 31.2 percent for urban areas in 2011-12. The overall poverty ratio was 33.7 percent. These poverty ratios are much higher than at the all-India level.
- The pace of poverty reduction, as measured by the difference between the poverty ratios in 2004-05 and 2011-12, was higher in Bihar than at the all-India level.
- Further, it is also observed that the reduction in the poverty ratio in rural areas of Bihar (21.6 percentage points) was higher than that in the urban areas (12.5 percentage points).
- The difference between Bihar and all-India average for the poverty ratio is more for urban areas (17.5 percentage points) compared to the rural areas (8.4 percentage points).
- Trend of poverty ratio of Bihar and India:
