Skip to main content

About Pakur District

Pakur is a district in Jharkhand , India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Pakur was 900,422 with a growth rate of 28.33%. Pakur covers 1,811 Km2 area. Sex ratio of Pakur's population is 989 females for every 1000 males, while child sex ratio is 975 females out of 1000 males.

Download the village data

Every village in Pakur as a CSV: population, area and pincode.

Download CSV

For easier reading, details are categorized in four sections i.e. Population of Pakur, Urban/Rural population of Pakur, Literacy data of Pakur and Religion wise data of Pakur. Below are the full details and list of tehsils in Pakur,Jharkhand, India. Select any of these to know detailed information about them.

Area, population and sex ratio of Pakur

DESCRIPTION VALUE DESCRIPTION VALUE
Total Population 900,422 Growth (%) 28.33
Male Population 452,661 Sex Ratio 989
Female Population 447,761 Child Sex Ratio 975
Area ( In Km. Square ) 1,811

Pakur has a total population of 900,422 people. Out of this, the male population stands at 452,661 while the female population 447,761. The state area is 1,811 square kilometers.

In terms of demographic statistics, Pakur has sex ratio of 989 females per 1000 males and a child sex ratio of 975 girls per 1000 boys.

Urban/Rural Population of Pakur

DESCRIPTION VALUE DESCRIPTION VALUE
Urban Population 67,512 Rural Population 832,910
Urban Population (%) 7.50 Rural Population (%) 92.50
Urban male Population 34,410 Rural Male Population 418,251
Urban Female Population 33,102 Rural Female Population 414,659
Urban Sex Ratio 962 Rural Sex Ratio 991

Pakur urban population is 67,512 (7.50% of the total), while the rural population is 832,910 (92.50% of the total). Across the decade to 2011 the district grew by 28.33% overall.

Among the urban population 34,410 are males, and 33,102 are females, resulting in an urban sex ratio of 962 females per 1000 males. In the rural population 418,251 are males and 414,659 are females, resulting in an rural sex ratio of 991 females per 1000 males.

Literacy data of Pakur

DESCRIPTION VALUE DESCRIPTION VALUE
Total Literate 352,881 Literacy (%) 48.82
Male Literate 206,989 Male Literacy (%) 57.06
Female Literate 145,892 Female Literacy (%) 40.52
Urban Literate 37,328 Rural Literate 315,553
Urban Male Literates 20,457 Urban Male Literacy (%) 71.29
Rural Male Literates 186,532 Rural Male Literacy (%) 55.84
Urban Female Literates 16,871 Urban Female Literacy (%) 61.49
Rural Female Literates 129,021 Rural Female Literacy (%) 38.79

The literacy data of Pakur highlights a total literacy rate stands at 48.82% with 352,881 literate individuals. Male literacy is 57.06% while female literacy is lower at 40.52% among them, 206,989 males and 145,892 females are literate, highlighting a gender gap.

Urban areas show higher literacy rate with 37,328 people being literate, with men at 71.29% and female at 61.49%, compared to rural areas whereas 315,553 people are literate, with male at 55.84% and female at 38.79%. Highlights a gap between urban and rural literacy rates.

Religion Wise Data of Pakur

DESCRIPTION VALUE DESCRIPTION VALUE
Hindu 410,127 Hindu (%) 45.55
Muslim 322,963 Muslim (%) 35.87
Sikh 356 Sikh (%) 0.04
Christian 75,865 Christian (%) 8.43
Jain 222 Jain (%) 0.02
Buddhist 283 Buddhist (%) 0.03
Other 88,760 Other (%) 9.86
Not Avaiable 1,846 Not Avaiable (%) 0.21

Pakur population is mostly hindu (45.55%) with a total 410,127 people. Muslim(35.87%) with a total 322,963 people. Sikh are (0.04%) with a total 356 people. Smaller communities include Christian (8.43% with 75,865 people). Jain (0.02% with 222 people) Buddhist (0.03% with 283 people) and Other (9.86% with 88,760 people). Around (0.21% with 1,846 people) did not specify their religion. See the full religion breakdown for Pakur.

List of Tehsils in Pakur

6

Amrapara

Area: 269 Km2

Population

65,289

Male

32,923%

Females

32,366

Hiranpur

Area: 174 Km2

Population

84,079

Male

42,506%

Females

41,573

Litipara

Area: 414 Km2

Population

105,701

Male

52,850%

Females

52,851

Maheshpur

Area: 445 Km2

Population

208,862

Male

104,984%

Females

103,878

Pakaur

Area: 225 Km2

Population

327,915

Male

165,217%

Females

162,698

Pakuria

Area: 284 Km2

Population

108,576

Male

54,181%

Females

54,395

Common questions about Pakur

As recorded in the Census of India 2011, Pakur district had a population of 900,422. That figure has not been revised since, because no later census has been completed.

Pakur is divided into 6 tehsils. Each one is listed on this page, and opening a tehsil shows every village recorded inside it.

The sex ratio of Pakur is 989 females for every 1000 males. A figure below 1000 means women are outnumbered in the district.

The child sex ratio of Pakur is 975 girls for every 1000 boys, counting only children aged 0 to 6.

The literacy rate of Pakur is 48.82 per cent. That works out to 352,881 literate people.

Pakur covers an area of 1,811 square kilometres.

832,910 people in Pakur live in rural areas and 67,512 live in urban areas, so the district is counted as largely rural in character.

The population of Pakur grew by 28.33 per cent between the 2001 and 2011 censuses.

Pakur is a district of Jharkhand. You can open Jharkhand from this page to see all of its other districts.

A tehsil is the administrative level between a district and a village. Some states call the same unit a taluka, mandal, block or circle, but it sits in the same place in the hierarchy.

Every figure on this page is from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. We present the published data and do not alter it.