| District Name | Total Households | 1 = Cultivation | % 1 = Cultivation | 2=Manual Casual Labour | % 2=Manual Casual Labour | 3=Part-time or Full-Time Domestic Service | % 3=Part-time or Full-Time Domestic Service | 4=Foraging Rag Picking | % 4=Foraging Rag Picking | 5=Non-agricultural Own Account Enterprise | % 5=Non-agricultural Own Account Enterprise | 6=Begging/Charity/ Alms collection | % 6=Begging/Charity/ Alms collection | 7=Others | % 7=Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All India Total | 179787454 | 54122794 | 30.1% | 92016420 | 51.18% | 4487569 | 2.5% | 410320 | 0.23% | 2888481 | 1.61% | 669649 | 0.37% | 25121808 | 13.97% |
| East Zone Total | 47307665 | 9722560 | 20.55% | 29533610 | 62.43% | 1082696 | 2.29% | 105248 | 0.22% | 810678 | 1.71% | 300325 | 0.63% | 5735985 | 12.12% |
| State Total | 17829066 | 3251903 | 18.24% | 12636862 | 70.88% | 334064 | 1.87% | 26527 | 0.15% | 99431 | 0.56% | 33792 | 0.19% | 1440594 | 8.08% |
| Pashchim Champaran (01) | 681326 | 99073 | 14.54% | 540537 | 79.34% | 11392 | 1.67% | 631 | 0.09% | 2301 | 0.34% | 1391 | 0.2% | 24749 | 3.63% |
| Purba Champaran (02) | 917790 | 188318 | 20.52% | 631848 | 68.84% | 12327 | 1.34% | 1866 | 0.2% | 4106 | 0.45% | 1096 | 0.12% | 78157 | 8.52% |
| Sheohar (03) | 149211 | 16196 | 10.85% | 119033 | 79.77% | 3632 | 2.43% | 166 | 0.11% | 414 | 0.28% | 256 | 0.17% | 9514 | 6.38% |
| Sitamarhi (04) | 725723 | 89090 | 12.28% | 561820 | 77.42% | 14409 | 1.99% | 1200 | 0.17% | 3540 | 0.49% | 1463 | 0.2% | 54139 | 7.46% |
| Madhubani (05) | 886810 | 152255 | 17.17% | 554679 | 62.55% | 25788 | 2.91% | 2428 | 0.27% | 7693 | 0.87% | 1657 | 0.19% | 142021 | 16.01% |
| Supaul (06) | 455280 | 94820 | 20.83% | 331628 | 72.84% | 6788 | 1.49% | 292 | 0.06% | 1591 | 0.35% | 738 | 0.16% | 19098 | 4.19% |
| Araria (07) | 595834 | 105096 | 17.64% | 438995 | 73.68% | 14960 | 2.51% | 1679 | 0.28% | 3550 | 0.6% | 1425 | 0.24% | 30125 | 5.06% |
| Kishanganj (08) | 308989 | 47078 | 15.24% | 237354 | 76.82% | 6319 | 2.05% | 670 | 0.22% | 1303 | 0.42% | 1667 | 0.54% | 14598 | 4.72% |
| Purnia (09) | 591936 | 95341 | 16.11% | 445976 | 75.34% | 10840 | 1.83% | 900 | 0.15% | 3068 | 0.52% | 1377 | 0.23% | 34421 | 5.81% |
| Katihar (10) | 582089 | 78834 | 13.54% | 452359 | 77.71% | 13615 | 2.34% | 607 | 0.1% | 3212 | 0.55% | 2420 | 0.42% | 31032 | 5.33% |
| Madhepura (11) | 402414 | 85102 | 21.15% | 289779 | 72.01% | 5666 | 1.41% | 269 | 0.07% | 1473 | 0.37% | 495 | 0.12% | 19472 | 4.84% |
| Saharsa (12) | 351154 | 62131 | 17.69% | 259941 | 74.02% | 5768 | 1.64% | 316 | 0.09% | 1534 | 0.44% | 568 | 0.16% | 20804 | 5.92% |
| Darbhanga (13) | 817164 | 94720 | 11.59% | 612228 | 74.92% | 15137 | 1.85% | 1196 | 0.15% | 4208 | 0.51% | 3345 | 0.41% | 86319 | 10.56% |
| Muzaffarpur (14) | 876341 | 105242 | 12.01% | 663906 | 75.76% | 15644 | 1.79% | 888 | 0.1% | 4355 | 0.5% | 1246 | 0.14% | 83480 | 9.53% |
| Gopalganj (15) | 389899 | 82258 | 21.1% | 264398 | 67.81% | 9599 | 2.46% | 876 | 0.22% | 1316 | 0.34% | 539 | 0.14% | 30894 | 7.92% |
| Siwan (16) | 519048 | 95800 | 18.46% | 346746 | 66.8% | 10099 | 1.95% | 626 | 0.12% | 2387 | 0.46% | 1073 | 0.21% | 62312 | 12.01% |
| Saran (17) | 577746 | 108550 | 18.79% | 400938 | 69.4% | 7273 | 1.26% | 524 | 0.09% | 2506 | 0.43% | 474 | 0.08% | 57440 | 9.94% |
| Vaishali (18) | 629950 | 79037 | 12.55% | 478927 | 76.03% | 6636 | 1.05% | 434 | 0.07% | 3576 | 0.57% | 687 | 0.11% | 60623 | 9.62% |
| Samastipur (19) | 831029 | 131807 | 15.86% | 592770 | 71.33% | 17583 | 2.12% | 648 | 0.08% | 6133 | 0.74% | 1472 | 0.18% | 80510 | 9.69% |
| Begusarai (20) | 491437 | 59694 | 12.15% | 377711 | 76.86% | 8547 | 1.74% | 676 | 0.14% | 2531 | 0.52% | 956 | 0.19% | 41320 | 8.41% |
| Khagaria (21) | 347924 | 42576 | 12.24% | 273053 | 78.48% | 5533 | 1.59% | 348 | 0.1% | 1395 | 0.4% | 541 | 0.16% | 24449 | 7.03% |
| Bhagalpur (22) | 468355 | 62855 | 13.42% | 345546 | 73.78% | 10138 | 2.16% | 828 | 0.18% | 8719 | 1.86% | 573 | 0.12% | 38598 | 8.24% |
| Banka (23) | 384455 | 75945 | 19.75% | 248134 | 64.54% | 17595 | 4.58% | 1932 | 0.5% | 3595 | 0.94% | 1411 | 0.37% | 35843 | 9.32% |
| Munger (24) | 201233 | 15461 | 7.68% | 157015 | 78.03% | 2333 | 1.16% | 273 | 0.14% | 655 | 0.33% | 209 | 0.1% | 25287 | 12.57% |
| Lakhisarai (25) | 141284 | 30646 | 21.69% | 90844 | 64.3% | 3958 | 2.8% | 605 | 0.43% | 697 | 0.49% | 129 | 0.09% | 14405 | 10.2% |
| Sheikhpura (26) | 91847 | 22579 | 24.58% | 62780 | 68.35% | 951 | 1.04% | 75 | 0.08% | 404 | 0.44% | 93 | 0.1% | 4964 | 5.4% |
| Nalanda (27) | 462838 | 110635 | 23.9% | 305115 | 65.92% | 5958 | 1.29% | 539 | 0.12% | 2694 | 0.58% | 817 | 0.18% | 37079 | 8.01% |
| Patna (28) | 690850 | 118942 | 17.22% | 485387 | 70.26% | 10116 | 1.46% | 1440 | 0.21% | 3103 | 0.45% | 779 | 0.11% | 71080 | 10.29% |
| Bhojpur (29) | 419641 | 113356 | 27.01% | 258172 | 61.52% | 7861 | 1.87% | 522 | 0.12% | 3167 | 0.75% | 813 | 0.19% | 35720 | 8.51% |
| Buxar (30) | 238210 | 72043 | 30.24% | 138140 | 57.99% | 5360 | 2.25% | 289 | 0.12% | 1050 | 0.44% | 267 | 0.11% | 21055 | 8.84% |
| Kaimur Bhabua (31) | 241516 | 68687 | 28.44% | 155460 | 64.37% | 5368 | 2.22% | 216 | 0.09% | 1502 | 0.62% | 355 | 0.15% | 9928 | 4.11% |
| Rohtas (32) | 409854 | 118847 | 29% | 261104 | 63.71% | 6374 | 1.56% | 337 | 0.08% | 2051 | 0.5% | 818 | 0.2% | 20066 | 4.9% |
| Aurangabad (33) | 366898 | 103948 | 28.33% | 233484 | 63.64% | 5321 | 1.45% | 245 | 0.07% | 1578 | 0.43% | 601 | 0.16% | 21717 | 5.92% |
| Gaya (34) | 659015 | 182842 | 27.74% | 412308 | 62.56% | 13666 | 2.07% | 1182 | 0.18% | 4487 | 0.68% | 754 | 0.11% | 43733 | 6.64% |
| Nawada (35) | 349738 | 95417 | 27.28% | 230343 | 65.86% | 3339 | 0.95% | 131 | 0.04% | 1084 | 0.31% | 327 | 0.09% | 19067 | 5.45% |
| Jamui (36) | 292670 | 75328 | 25.74% | 193432 | 66.09% | 4563 | 1.56% | 457 | 0.16% | 1170 | 0.4% | 691 | 0.24% | 16884 | 5.77% |
| Jehanabad (37) | 164924 | 42105 | 25.53% | 108602 | 65.85% | 2400 | 1.46% | 168 | 0.1% | 1006 | 0.61% | 233 | 0.14% | 10398 | 6.3% |
| Arwal (38) | 116644 | 29249 | 25.08% | 76370 | 65.47% | 1208 | 1.04% | 48 | 0.04% | 277 | 0.24% | 36 | 0.03% | 9293 | 7.97% |