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1759:References
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1220:Sheikhpura
1189:Lakhisarai
1003:Samastipur
662:Kishanganj
291:1,311,642
277:1,378,075
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1732:See also
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1700:Highest
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1638:- 70.32%
1599:Literacy
1593:Key data
1065:Khagaria
972:Vaishali
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305:440,811
235:605,318
93:Females
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1230:49.01
1214:23.48
1202:60.97
1199:48.21
1183:37.07
1171:70.68
1168:60.11
1158:Munger
1152:18.99
1140:56.28
1121:28.11
1109:60.11
1106:50.28
1090:19.79
1078:52.02
1075:41.56
1059:23.52
1047:59.71
1044:48.55
1028:85.17
1016:80.83
1013:69.76
997:24.08
982:51.63
966:22.71
954:67.81
951:52.01
935:21.33
923:67.67
920:52.01
904:17.75
892:63.81
889:48.19
873:22.33
861:60.19
858:48.15
842:20.09
830:57.18
827:44.32
811:15.83
799:52.04
796:39.28
780:14.41
768:48.87
765:36.19
749:16.88
737:45.51
734:35.29
706:46.16
703:35.51
693:Purnia
687:10.38
672:31.02
656:14.01
641:34.94
631:Araria
625:13.74
613:53.23
600:Supaul
594:16.75
582:57.26
579:42.35
563:15.49
551:51.02
548:39.38
532:14.34
520:45.54
517:37.01
501:85.45
489:67.90
486:42.74
470:14.41
458:51.91
455:39.63
432:Female
424:Female
361:4,632
358:14,043
355:18,675
333:8,074
330:40,458
327:48,532
319:4,901
316:20,088
313:24,989
268:Middle
191:51.50
177:33.57
163:21.99
149:16.61
50:Purnea
34:Rohtas
1630:-69%
1583:48.48
1580:33.41
1577:26.92
1574:57.1
1561:Jamui
1552:54.85
1549:38.96
1546:32.64
1524:34.2
1521:65.22
1518:50.47
1487:45.14
1484:42.04
1478:57.5
1459:63.11
1456:45.83
1453:40.08
1450:70.9
1425:48.52
1422:46.62
1397:55.68
1394:39.35
1366:62.94
1363:33.49
1360:40.36
1344:Buxar
1335:66.35
1332:48.18
1329:42.81
1304:69.07
1301:56.33
1298:52.17
1282:Patna
1273:61.95
1270:46.95
1267:39.03
1242:55.43
1239:40.92
1236:34.13
1211:53.12
1205:34.26
1180:64.95
1177:52.25
1174:47.97
1149:48.17
1146:34.55
1137:43.4
1127:Banka
1118:53.41
1115:41.84
1112:38.83
1087:42.97
1084:32.33
1081:29.62
1056:48.66
1053:36.88
1050:36.21
1025:76.39
1022:60.37
1019:90.69
994:55.62
991:40.56
988:38.14
963:60.18
960:41.79
957:35.74
941:Saran
932:57.51
929:39.13
926:37.26
901:51.62
898:34.96
895:32.81
870:48.44
867:36.11
839:48.31
836:34.94
833:30.35
808:42.37
805:29.98
802:25.31
777:39.31
774:27.72
771:22.31
746:39.24
740:24.03
718:16.8
715:38.92
712:28.52
709:23.72
684:33.12
681:22.22
678:18.49
675:42.8
653:36.99
650:26.19
647:22.14
644:46.5
622:40.96
619:28.11
616:21.02
610:37.8
591:48.49
588:33.22
585:26.56
560:39.86
557:28.49
554:26.35
529:36.36
526:26.18
523:27.43
498:58.49
495:44.41
492:74.47
467:39.62
464:27.99
461:25.85
411:Total
403:Total
396:Total
391:1991
388:2001
385:2011
215:Total
212:Level
188:71.20
185:61.35
174:60.32
171:46.94
160:51.37
157:36.68
146:47.11
143:31.86
135:9.86
132:35.86
129:22.86
121:8.11
118:35.85
115:21.98
107:4.22
104:22.68
101:13.45
90:Males
87:Total
38:Patna
26:Urban
17:Bihar
1683:Male
1659:Male
1635:Male
1611:Male
1515:47.4
1499:Gaya
1490:61.8
1428:64.5
1391:38.9
1208:39.4
1143:29.1
864:35.2
743:28.7
436:Male
428:Male
420:Male
218:Male
182:2011
168:2001
154:1991
140:1981
126:1971
112:1961
98:1951
84:Year
1843:of
1834:of
985:64
1856::
1799:.
1785:.
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