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Bihar districts

Bihar

Siwan

33,30,464
people at the 2011 Census · 16.75 L male, 16.55 L female

Population

Population
33.30 LIndia 121.09 Cr
Urban %
5.49%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
69.45%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
80.23%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
58.66%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
21.57 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
988 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
940 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
16.56%India 13.59%
SC %
11.61%India 16.63%
ST %
2.61%India 8.63%
Household
6.22India 4.85

Work

Workers
28.00%India 39.80%
Female Work
12.20%India 25.52%
Main Workers
49.56%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
72.00%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Siwan in context

With 33,30,464 people at the 2011 Census, Siwan was the 101st most populous of India's 640 districts and the 12th most populous of Bihar's 38. That is 3.2% of everyone living in Bihar at the time.

Literacy stood at 69.45%, 3.5 points below the national 72.98% — 7.7 points above the Bihar average. That ranked it 388th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 21.6 points, 5.3 points above the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 988 women per 1,000 men (70 above the Bihar figure of 918). Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 940, 22 above the national 918.

28.0% of the population were recorded as workers, 5.4 points below the Bihar rate. Female work participation was 12.2%, 6.9 points below the state figure.

Siwan contained 3 towns. The largest was Siwan (Nagar Parishad), with 1,35,066 people. That put 5.5% of the district in urban areas, 5.8 points below the Bihar share of 11.3%.

Towns in Siwan

Siwan has 3 census towns. The largest are listed below.

Largest towns in Siwan by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Siwan (Nagar Parishad)1.35 L79.61%909 / 1000
Maharajganj (NP)24,28273.55%947 / 1000
Mairwa (NP)23,56572.69%935 / 1000