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Units Year Bihar India
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Area '000 sq.kms. 174 3,287
Population Millions 1991 86 846
Population growth per annum percent 1981-91 2.1 2.1
Urbanisation percent 1991 13 26
Infant mortality per '000 births 1991 69 80
Literacy rate percent 1991 39 52
Net State Domestic Product (SDP) Rs.crore 1991-92 25,455 489,277
Per cap. State Domestic Product Rupees 1991-92 2,904 5,781
Growth in Real per cap. SDP % p.a. 1980-92 2.0 3.0
Share of agriculture in SDP percent 1988-89 48 34
Share of industry in SDP percent 1988-89 24 26
Share of services in SDP percent 1988-89 28 40
Foodgrain production '000 tns. 1990-93 10,688 173,140
Per capita foodgrain production kilograms 1990-93 121 201
Yield of foodgrains kgs/hectare 1990-93 1,199 1,388
Number of factories numbers 1989-90 3,491 107,992
Value of output from manufacturing Rs.crore 1989-90 11,343 230,659
Value added from manufacturing Rs.crore 1989-90 2,634 43,373
Consumption of commercial energy '000 toe 1992-93 12,590 200,321
Power generation GWH 1992-93 2,954 300,989
Power consumption GWH 1992-93 5,243 279,824
Railway route length / '000 sq.km. kms. 1992-93 30.57 19.01
Road length / '000 sq.km. kms. 1987-88 488 544
Number of bank offices numbers Mar 1994 4,910 61,852
Bank offices per lakh population numbers Mar 1994 5.3 6.9
Per capita bank deposits Rupees Mar 1994 1,365 3,562
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Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Bombay
Last updated: May 1995.