Which district of Bihar had the highest density of population in 2011?
- A.Patna
- B.Sheohar
- C.Darbhanga
- D.Vaishali
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Sheohar. Sheohar in north Bihar is the smallest district of the state by area, and almost all of that area is cultivated plain with closely spaced villages, so it recorded the highest number of persons per square kilometre in 2011, above the state figure of 1,106. Option A, Patna, has the largest population and a big city within it, but the district also takes in rural blocks, so its density is lower than Sheohar's. Option C, Darbhanga, and option D, Vaishali, are both densely settled districts of the northern plain and stand high on the list without leading it. The lowest density in the state was in Kaimur, where the Vindhyan hills and forest leave less land for settlement. Sheohar was carved out of Sitamarhi district in 1994 and has a single subdivision.
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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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