The percentage of population of Bihar with respect to India’s total population…
2023
The percentage of population of Bihar with respect to India’s total population is
- A.
8.58%
- B.
10.10%
- C.
12.25%
- D.
More than one of the above
- E.
None of the above
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Correct answer: A
Concept: A state's share of the national population is computed from the same decennial Census figures for the state and the country: Share % = (State population ÷ National population) × 100.
Take Bihar's Census 2011 population: 104,099,452 (≈ 10.41 crore).
Take India's Census 2011 population: 1,210,854,977 (≈ 121.08 crore).
Divide and convert to a percentage: 104,099,452 ÷ 1,210,854,977 × 100 ≈ 8.6%, the ratio that Census-based sources round and commonly cite as 8.58%.
Cross-check: In Census 2001, Bihar's share was about 8.07%, and Bihar's 2001-2011 decadal growth rate (≈ 25.4%) exceeded the national average (≈ 17.7%), so a rise to ≈ 8.6% by 2011 fits the trend rather than being an anomaly. This makes Bihar the third most populous state, after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Result: Bihar's population works out to approximately 8.58% of India's total population as per Census 2011, the figure this exam keys as correct.