Annexure 1

		Annexure I

TABLE-1 Population Distribution, Percentage Decadal Growth Rate, Sex-Ratio and Population Density
SL	State/District	Population in the year 2001			Percentage Decadal Growth Rate		Sex-Ratio (Females/1000 Males)		Population density per sq km
		Persons	Males	Females	1981-91	1991-01	1991	2001	1991	2001*
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Bihar State	8,28,78,796	4,31,53,964	3,97,24,832	23.38	28.43	907	921	685	880
1.	West Champaran	30,43,044	16,00,853	14,42,191	18.30	30.40	877	901	446	582
2.	East Champaran	39,33,636	20,72,350	18,61,286	25.46	29.27	883	898	767	991
3.	Sheohar	5,14,288	2,71,261	2,43,027	27.34	36.16	876	896	853	1,161
4.	Sitamarhi	26,69,887	14,10,149	12,59,738	23.13	32.58	884	893	915	1,214
5.	Madhubani	35,70,651	18,37,361	17,33,290	21.76	26.08	932	943	809	1,020
6.	Supaul	17,45,069	9,08,855	8,36,214	23.45	29.95	904	920	557	724
7.	Araria	21,24,831	11,08,924	10,15,907	26.69	31.84	907	916	569	751
8.	Kishanganj	12,94,063	6,66,910	6,27,153	22.20	31.50	933	940	522	687
9.	Purnia	25,40,788	13,25,794	12,14,994	23.76	35.23	903	916	582	787
10.	Katihar	23,89,533	12,44,943	11,44,590	27.77	30.91	909	919	597	782
11.	Madhepura	15,24,596	7,96,272	7,28,324	22.16	29.45	885	915	659	853
12.	Saharsa	15,06,418	7,88,585	7,17,833	25.54	33.03	884	910	665	885
13.	Darbhanga	32,85,473	17,16,640	15,68,833	25.04	30.85	911	914	1,102	1,442
14.	Muzaffarpur	37,43,836	19,41,480	18,02,356	25.30	26.74	904	928	931	1,180
15.	Gopalganj	21,49,343	10,72,151	10,77,192	25.12	26.11	968	1,005	838	1,057
16.	Siwan	27,08,840	13,32,218	13,76,622	22.04	24.78	1,017	1,033	978	1,221
17.	Saran	32,51,474	16,54,428	15,97,046	23.44	26.37	963	965	974	1,231
18.	Vaishali	27,12,389	14,12,276	13,00,113	29.08	26.39	921	921	1,054	1,332
19.	Samastipur	34,13,413	17,71,249	16,42,164	28.35	25.63	926	927	936	1,175
20.	Begusarai	23,42,989	12,26,057	11,16,932	24.61	29.11	898	911	946	1,222
21.	Khagaria	12,76,677	6,75,501	6,01,176	28.44	29.32	868	890	664	859
22.	Bhagalpur	24,30,331	12,94,192	11,36,139	20.67	27.24	864	878	743	946
23.	Banka	16,08,778	8,43,061	7,65,717	24.44	24.47	893	908	428	533
24.	Munger	11,35,499	6,04,662	5,30,837	17.79	20.34	856	878	665	800
25.	Lakhisarai	8,01,173	4,16,727	3,84,446	21.08	23.94	880	923	526	652
26.	Sheikhpura	5,25,137	2,73,468	2,51,669	19.84	24.96	896	920	610	762
27.	Nalanda	23,68,327	12,36,467	11,31,860	21.73	18.64	898	915	848	1,006
28.	Patna	47,09,851	25,14,949	21,94,902	19.84	30.17	867	873	1,130	1,471
29.	Bhojpur	22,33,415	11,75,333	10,58,082	20.26	24.58	904	900	725	903
30.	Buxar	14,03,462	7,38,239	6,65,223	18.63	29.03	884	901	670	864
31.	Kaimur	12,84,575	6,73,556	6,11,019	24.20	30.64	884	907	292	382
32.	Rohtas	24,48,762	12,82,655	11,66,107	21.77	27.71	894	909	498	636
33.	Jehanabad	15,11,406	7,83,960	7,27,446	19.43	28.64	919	928	749	963
34.	Aurangabad	20,04,960	10,35,757	9,69,203	24.49	30.19	915	936	466	607
35.	Gaya	34,64,983	17,89,231	16,75,752	23.92	30.03	922	937	536	696
36.	Nawada	18,09,425	9,28,638	8,80,787	23.70	33.08	936	948	545	726
37.	Jamui	13,97,474	7,28,812	6,68,662	21.90	32.90	903	917	339	451

* Area figures on the basis of which population densities of state and districts have been worked out are provisional.