The Bihar caste-based survey of 2022 and 2023 put the population of the state at about:
- A.10.41 crore
- B.13.07 crore
- C.12.50 crore
- D.11.80 crore
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, about 13.07 crore. The survey counted 13,07,25,310 people, a figure higher than the census count of 2011 both because of twelve years of growth and because families whose members live and work outside Bihar were recorded. Option A, 10.41 crore, is the population of Bihar in the Census of 2011 and is the planted answer for a candidate who mixes the two exercises. Option C, 12.50 crore, and option D, 11.80 crore, are near but not the figure reported. Candidates should keep the pair in mind: 10.41 crore in the census of 2011 and 13.07 crore in the state survey of 2022 and 2023, whose caste figures were released on 2 October 2023 and economic figures a month later. The economic part reported that about 34 per cent of the families of the state lived on a monthly income of up to six thousand rupees.
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Practice Questions
View allAccording to the Census of 2011, Bihar was which most populous state of India?
- A.Second
- B.Third
- C.Fourth
- D.Fifth
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Bihar had 10,40,99,452 people in 2011, about 10.41 crore, which placed it third after Uttar Pradesh with about 19.98 crore and Maharashtra with about 11.24 crore.
Read the full explanation →Which state had the highest density of population in the Census of 2011?
- A.West Bengal
- B.Bihar
- C.Kerala
- D.Uttar Pradesh
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Bihar recorded 1,106 persons per square kilometre in 2011, the highest of any state, because the alluvial plain of the Ganga is fertile, level and watered, and the state has very little forest or hill to thin the settlement.
Read the full explanation →Which state recorded the lowest literacy rate in the Census of 2011?
- A.Jharkhand
- B.Bihar
- C.Arunachal Pradesh
- D.Rajasthan
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Bihar had a literacy rate of 61.80 per cent in 2011, the lowest of any state, with male literacy at 71.20 per cent and female literacy at 51.50 per cent, so barely half the women of the state were counted as literate.
Read the full explanation →The decadal growth of population of Bihar between 2001 and 2011 was:
- A.17.7 per cent
- B.25.42 per cent
- C.20.23 per cent
- D.13.4 per cent
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Bihar grew by 25.42 per cent between the censuses of 2001 and 2011, the fastest among the large states of India, which is why its share in the population of the country keeps rising.
Read the full explanation →What was the sex ratio of Bihar in the Census of 2011?
- A.943
- B.918
- C.912
- D.933
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Bihar had 918 females for every 1,000 males in 2011, below the national figure, while its child sex ratio for ages nought to six was 935, which is better than the national child sex ratio.
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