Sheohar District

Sheohar District, with population of about 6.6 lakh is Bihar's the 2nd least populous district, located in the state Bihar in India. Total geographical area of Sheohar district is 349 km² and it is the smallest district by area in the state. Population density of the district is 1880 persons per km². There are 5 sub districts in the district, among them Tariani Chowk is the most populous sub district with population of about 2 lakh and Purnahiya is the least populous sub district with population of about 92 thousand.

Demographics

The district is home to about 6.6 lakh people, among them about 3.5 lakh (53%) are male and about 3.1 lakh (47%) are female. 85% of the whole population are from general caste, 15% are from schedule caste and 0% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Sheohar district is 20%, among them 52% are boys and 48% are girls. There are about 1.5 lakh households in the district and an average 4 persons live in every family.

The majority of the population, nearly 96% (about 6.3 lakh) live in Sheohar District rural part and 4% (about 28 thousand) population live in the Sheohar District urban part. Rural population density of Sheohar district is 1849 and urban population density is 3014 persons per km².

Caste wise male female population 2011 - Sheohar

Most populated Sub Districts, Villages and Cities in Sheohar

Religion wise distribution of population

Hindus contribute 84% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the district followed by Muslims which contribute 15% of the total population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 883 in Muslims are 943.

Religion wise population 2011 - Sheohar

Growth of population

Population of the district has increased by 27.2% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 5.2 lakh. Female population growth rate of the district is 27.8% which is 1.1% higher than male population growth rate of 26.7%. General caste population has increased by 26.7%; Schedule caste population has increased by 29.9%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 396.9% and child population has increased by 20.9% in the district since last census.

Growth of population (percent) 2001 to 2011 - Sheohar

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male

As of 2011 census there are 893 females per 1000 male in the district. Sex ratio in general caste is 893, in schedule caste is 892 and in schedule tribe is 797. There are 929 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the district. Overall sex ratio in the district has increased by 8 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 13 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Change in sex ratio 2001 to 2011 - Sheohar

Sub Districts, Villages and Cities with highest sex ratio in Sheohar

Literacy

Total about 2.8 lakh people in the district are literate, among them about 1.7 lakh are male and about 1.1 lakh are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Sheohar is 54%. 61% of male and 45% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the district has increased by 19%. Male literacy has gone up by 16% and female literacy rate has gone up by 21%.

Change in literacy rate 2001 to 2011 - Sheohar

Sub Districts, Villages and Cities with highest literacy rate in Sheohar

Workers profile

Sheohar has 33% (about 2.2 lakh) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 48% male and 16% female population are working population. 34% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 15% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 7% of total female population are main and 9% are marginal workers.

Percentage of working population - Sheohar

Biggest Villages and Cities in Sheohar