Purnia is a district located in Bihar state of India. There are total 14 blocks which comes under Purnia district, and there are total 1273 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Purnia district is 211 and number of houses in this district is 581363.
Total population of this district is 2921614. Out of total 2921614, male population count is 1519522, where as female population count is 1402092 in Purnia.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 603149 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 603149 children 308655 are boys and 294494 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Purnia district is 38%. 1121625 out of total 2921614 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 45% and 686513 males are literate out of total 1519522 male population, where as female literacy rate is 68% and 435112 out of total 1402092 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Purnia district is 61%. 1799989 out of total 2921614 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 54% and 833009 males are illiterate out of total 1519522 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 68% and 966980 out of total 1402092 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Purnia district is 1043210 and non-working population is 1878404 and out of 1043210 working population 155544 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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