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Bihar
292 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 13 GI-registered products
What the numbers say
Are people living longer here?
59.4 Years (1997) to 69.3 Years (2023) — +16.7%
Bihar: 69.3 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)
Are fewer babies dying?
61 (2004) to 23 (2023) — -62.3%
Bihar: 23 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)
Higher than 24 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.
Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3
Is childbirth getting safer?
400 (2001) to 104 (2023) — -74.0%
Bihar: 104 (2023) · India: 88 (2023)
How many children are people having?
4.2 (2003) to 2.8 (2023) — -33.3%
Bihar: 2.8 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)
How many babies are born each year?
30.2 (2004) to 25.8 (2023) — -14.6%
Bihar: 25.8 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)
Higher than 34 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Bihar 25.8 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 10.1
Is the population still growing?
21% (2011) to 19.7% (2023) — -6.2%
Bihar: 19.7% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)
Higher than 34 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Bihar 19.7 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3.8
How many people are out of work in the villages?
16 Per 1,000 (1994) to 26 Per 1,000 (2024) — +62.5%
Bihar: 26 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 13 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2024.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 106 · Gujarat 4
How many people are out of work in the towns?
71 Per 1,000 (1994) to 73 Per 1,000 (2024) — +2.8%
Bihar: 73 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 21 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Meghalaya 140 · Delhi 20
What does a day of farm work pay?
₹199 (2015) to ₹363 (2025) — +82.4%
Bihar: ₹363 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)
How much does the average person earn here?
₹21,750 (2012) to ₹69,321 (2025) — +218.7%
Higher than 0 of the other 24 states reporting it for 2025.
Delhi ₹4,93,024 · Bihar ₹69,321
How is the state doing on the Sustainable Development Goals?
48 (2018) to 57 (2023) — +18.8%
Bihar: 57 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)
Higher than 0 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Keralam 79 · Bihar 57
Is the groundwater running out?
45.8% (2017) to 45.5% (2024) — -0.5%
Bihar: 45.5% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)
Higher than 15 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 157% · Arunachal Pradesh 0.39%
How much forest is there?
28,482 (1987) to 7,532 (2023) — -73.6%
Do government schools have working computers?
5.4% (2019) to 15.7% (2025) — +190.7%
Bihar: 15.7% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)
Higher than 1 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 100% · Meghalaya 10.3%
Do children stay in school to Class XII?
46% (2023) to 44.7% (2025) — -2.8%
Bihar: 44.7% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)
Higher than 0 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 109% · Bihar 44.7%
Do as many girls reach secondary school as boys?
1.2 (2023) to 1.1 (2025) — -6.0%
Bihar: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)
Higher than 24 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1
How connected is the state?
1.7 (2004) to 56.3 (2025)
The opening value is too close to zero for a percentage to mean much here — shown as absolute values, no comparable trend %.
Bihar: 56.3 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)
Do banks lend back what they take in?
24.9% (2004) to 51.4% (2025) — +106.4%
Bihar: 51.4% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)
Higher than 12 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Andhra Pradesh 151% · Lakshadweep 12.7%
Are farms getting more productive?
1,192 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 3,104 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +160.4%
Bihar: 3,104 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)
Higher than 25 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2025.
Punjab 4,761 kg/ha · Maharashtra 1,574 kg/ha
How hard is the farmland worked?
133% (2005) to 148% (2024) — +11.1%
Bihar: 148% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)
Higher than 13 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 201% · Mizoram 102%
How much milk does the state produce?
4,743 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 12,853 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +171.0%
How many crimes are recorded here?
⚠ NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.
Bihar: 273 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)
Higher than 17 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.
Keralam 1,389 · Dadra & N.H. and Daman & Diu 42.7
How many crimes against women are recorded?
⚠ NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.
Bihar: 44.1 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)
Higher than 16 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.
Delhi 131 · Nagaland 5.1
How many crimes against children are recorded?
⚠ NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.
8,122 (2022) to 13,349 (2024) — +64.4%
⚠ Year-on-year change partly reflects the IPC→Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita transition (2024 is the first full BNS year) and registered-case reporting, not only real change.
How much electricity does each person get?
78 (2005) to 344 (2025) — +340.9%
Bihar: 344 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)
Higher than 1 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329
How much road is there?
1,19,958 (2005) to 2,99,576 (2020) — +149.7%
How many people work in factories?
51,430 (2005) to 1,17,074 (2024) — +127.6%
How many people visit?
18.4 (2011) to 65.5 (2024) — +255.8%
How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?
2,384 (2020) to 1,560 (2023) — -34.6%
How many people live in poverty?
51.9% (2016) to 33.8% (2021) — -34.9%
Bihar: 33.8% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)
Higher than 34 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Bihar 33.8% · Keralam 0.55%
How fast are prices rising?
6.7% (2015) to 6% (2025) — -10.4%
Bihar: 6% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)
Higher than 32 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Manipur 6.5% · Delhi 2.4%
How fast is urban housing getting more expensive?
6.1% (2015) to 5.6% (2025) — -8.2%
Bihar: 5.6% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)
Higher than 29 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Uttarakhand 8.1% · Delhi 0.20%
How many young children are anaemic?
78% (2006) to 69.4% (2021) — -11.0%
Bihar: 69.4% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)
Higher than 26 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Ladakh 93.9% · Keralam 39.4%
How many pregnant women are anaemic?
60.2% (2006) to 63.1% (2021) — +4.8%
Bihar: 63.1% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)
Higher than 32 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2021.
Ladakh 78.1% · Andaman & Nicobar Islands -53.7%
How much electricity leaks away before it is billed?
38.9% (2005) to 25.8% (2023) — -33.7%
Bihar: 25.8% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)
Higher than 29 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.
Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%
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