Patna District

Patna district is located in Bihar. Population of Patna district is 5,772,804 as per Census 2011. Patna is 1th most Populous district out of total 38 districts in Bihar and it is 15th most Populous district out of total 640 districts in India.

The population density of Patna is 1803 Persons per square Km. It is 2th most densely populated out of 38 districts in Bihar and it is 30th most densely populated district out of total 640 districts in India.

Total Literacy rate of Patna is 72.47%. This means 72.47 out of 100 persons of age more than 6 years are literate. It is ranked 5 in terms of literacy rate out of total 38 districts of Bihar and 348 out of total 640 districts of India.

Male Literacy of Patna is 80.28% while female literacy stands at 63.72%.

Note: Serchhip district (98.76%) in Mizoram has highest literacy rate and Alirajpur district (37.2%) of Madhya Pradesh has the lowest literacy rate in India.

Sex-ratio of Patna is 892 female per thousand male.

Note: Highest Sex-ratio of India is of Puducherry (1176) while lowest being from Daman district (533). All the details are as of Census 2011.

Area of Patna is 3,201.78 Sq. Km. It is 9th largest district in Bihar and 380th largest in India in terms of total area.

Note: Kutch district (45441 sq.km) of Gujarat is the largest and Mahe district (9 sq km) of Puducherry is the smallest district in India.