Buxar city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Buxar Metropolitan Region. The Buxar city is located in Bihar state of India.
The current estimate population of Buxar city in 2024 is
144,000
, while Buxar metro population is estimated at
156,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Buxar city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Buxar city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Buxar city, we will update the same here in 2024.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Buxar in 2011 is 102,861. Although Buxar city has population of 102,861; its urban / metropolitan population is 110,881.
Buxar Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Buxar city are 74,344 of which 41,701 are males while 32,643 are females. Average literacy rate of Buxar city is 83.82 percent of which male and female literacy was 89.13 and 77.89 percent.
The sex ratio of Buxar city is 895 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 891 per 1000 boys.
Buxar Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Buxar city numbers 1,700 in which population of 10,161 resides. This is around 9.88% of total population of Buxar city.
Buxar Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Buxar city with 86.99 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Buxar with approximately 12.34 % following it.
In Buxar city, Christinity is followed by 0.32 %, Jainism by 0.01 %, Sikhism by 0.12 % and Buddhism by 0.05 %. Around 0.00 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.16 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.