Districts in Bihar - Census 2011

List of districts of Bihar with Population, Literacy rate, Sex Ratio etc. As per the Census 2011, Bihar is divided into 38 districts (zilla) which act as the administrative divisions. Patna is the largest district of Bihar by population, while the least populated district of Bihar is Sheikhpura.

Below is the complete list of districts (zilla) of Bihar sorted by population.

#	District	Sub-districts	Population	Literacy	Sex Ratio
1	Patna	Blocks	5,838,465	70.68%	897
2	Purba Champaran	Blocks	5,099,371	55.79%	902
3	Muzaffarpur	Blocks	4,801,062	63.43%	900
4	Madhubani	Blocks	4,487,379	58.62%	926
5	Gaya	Blocks	4,391,418	63.67%	937
6	Samastipur	Blocks	4,261,566	61.86%	911
7	Saran	Blocks	3,951,862	65.96%	954
8	Darbhanga	Blocks	3,937,385	56.56%	911
9	Pashchim Champaran	Blocks	3,935,042	55.7%	909
10	Vaishali	Blocks	3,495,021	66.6%	895
11	Sitamarhi	Blocks	3,423,574	52.05%	899
12	Siwan	Blocks	3,330,464	69.45%	988
13	Purnia	Blocks	3,264,619	51.08%	921
14	Katihar	Blocks	3,071,029	52.24%	919
15	Bhagalpur	Blocks	3,037,766	63.14%	880
16	Begusarai	Blocks	2,970,541	63.87%	895
17	Rohtas	Blocks	2,959,918	73.37%	918
18	Nalanda	Blocks	2,877,653	64.43%	922
19	Araria	Blocks	2,811,569	53.53%	921
20	Bhojpur	Blocks	2,728,407	70.47%	907
21	Gopalganj	Blocks	2,562,012	65.47%	1,021
22	Aurangabad	Blocks	2,540,073	70.32%	926
23	Supaul	Blocks	2,229,076	57.67%	929
24	Nawada	Blocks	2,219,146	59.76%	939
25	Banka	Blocks	2,034,763	58.17%	907
26	Madhepura	Blocks	2,001,762	52.25%	911
27	Saharsa	Blocks	1,900,661	53.2%	906
28	Jamui	Blocks	1,760,405	59.79%	922
29	Buxar	Blocks	1,706,352	70.14%	922
30	Kishanganj	Blocks	1,690,400	55.46%	950
31	Khagaria	Blocks	1,666,886	57.92%	886
32	Kaimur	Blocks	1,626,384	69.34%	920
33	Munger	Blocks	1,367,765	70.46%	876
34	Jehanabad	Blocks	1,125,313	66.8%	922
35	Lakhisarai	Blocks	1,000,912	62.42%	902
36	Arwal	Blocks	700,843	67.43%	928
37	Sheohar	Blocks	656,246	53.78%	893
38	Sheikhpura	Blocks	636,342	63.86%	930