Bhagalpur city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Bhagalpur Metropolitan Region. The Bhagalpur city is located in Bihar state of India.
The current estimate population of Bhagalpur city in 2023 is
551,000
, while Bhagalpur metro population is estimated at
567,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Bhagalpur city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Bhagalpur city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Bhagalpur city, we will update the same here in 2023.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Bhagalpur in 2011 is 400,146. Although Bhagalpur city has population of 400,146; its urban / metropolitan population is 412,209.
Bhagalpur Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Bhagalpur city are 273,695 of which 153,821 are males while 119,874 are females. Average literacy rate of Bhagalpur city is 79.26 percent of which male and female literacy was 83.56 and 74.34 percent.
The sex ratio of Bhagalpur city is 880 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 908 per 1000 boys.
Bhagalpur Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Bhagalpur city numbers 2,933 in which population of 15,823 resides. This is around 3.95% of total population of Bhagalpur city.
Bhagalpur Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Bhagalpur city with 69.92 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Bhagalpur with approximately 29.05 % following it.
In Bhagalpur city, Christinity is followed by 0.29 %, Jainism by 0.21 %, Sikhism by 0.04 % and Buddhism by 0.01 %. Around 0.00 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.46 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion
Percentage
Total
Hindu
69.92 %
279,765
Muslims
29.05 %
116,256
Christian
0.29 %
1,175
Sikh
0.04 %
171
Buddhist
0.01 %
53
Jain
0.21 %
859
Others
0.00 %
11
Not Stated
0.46 %
1,856
Bhagalpur Future Population 2021-2031
Bhagalpur
City
Metropolitan
2011
400,146
412,209
2021
520,000
535,000
2022
535,000
551,000
2023
551,000
567,000
2024
567,000
584,000
2025
584,000
601,000
2026
601,000
619,000
2027
619,000
637,000
2028
637,000
656,000
2029
656,000
675,000
2030
675,000
695,000
2031
695,000
715,000
Bhagalpur City 2011
Total
Male
Female
City Population
400,146
212,813
187,333
Literates
273,695
153,821
119,874
Children (0-6)
54,818
28,734
26,084
Average Literacy (%)
79.26 %
83.56 %
74.34 %
Sexratio
880
Child Sexratio
908
Bhagalpur Metropolitan Region
Bhagalpur city comes under Bhagalpur Metropolitan area.