Purnia city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under
Purnia Metropolitan Region. The Purnia city is located in Bihar state of India.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Purnia in 2011 is 282,248; of which male and female are 148,077 and 134,171 respectively. Although Purnia city has population of 282,248; its urban / metropolitan population is 312,669 of which 164,031 are males and 148,638 are females.
Purnia Literacy Rate 2011
In education section, total literates in Purnia city are 174,658 of which 98,145 are males while 76,513 are females. Average literacy rate of Purnia city is 73.02 percent of which male and female literacy was 77.87 and 67.62 percent.
Purnia Sex Ratio 2011
The sex ratio of Purnia city is 906 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 953 per 1000 boys.
Purnia Child Population 2011
Total children (0-6) in Purnia city are 43,050 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 22,038 boys while 21,012 are girls. The child forms 15.25 % of total population of Purnia City.
Purnia Slums 2011
Total no. of Slums in Purnia city numbers 9,106 in which population of 49,148 resides. This is around 17.41% of total population of Purnia city.
Purnia Population 2020
Indian Govt only conduct census once a decade. Since last census of Purnia city was done in 2011, next census will only be in 2021. While many are asking for Purnia Population 2020 figures, there is none.