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An open field of land which has very few homes and buildings and only a few people live here. The density of the population is very minor or low. Whereas in comparison to a city or an urban area many people live there. As very few people are situated in rural areas the homes and businesses of these people are located far away from each other. The primary occupation in the rural area is generally agriculture. All the people are generally found working on farms, and ranches.
Rural Areas
As we know rural areas are places with open fields that have very limited buildings and homes. The population of the rural area is also limited and the people are usually found working in fields and ranches handling cattle and living a very basic and simple life. Wildlife can be very easily and frequently found in rural areas because of the open fields which are used for farming. The rural areas can often be termed a country because the residents of rural areas have the advantage of interacting and enjoying the native wildlife of the region. The chief source of living in the rural area is farming along with the cottage industry, fishing and pottery. If the population of an area is under 15000 then it is considered a rural village in India and a panchayat system is established in these areas to take all the decisions of the area. It can be said that 70% of India’s population comprises people living in rural areas. One-third of the sales of FMCG products are from the rural sectors and areas of India.
Urban Areas
The area which surrounds a city is known as an Urban Area. The people who live in the urban area generally have jobs which are non-agricultural in nature. The urban areas are highly developed and the density between the people, roadways, buildings etc. is there. Towns, suburbs and cities can also be termed Urban Areas. There are a few types of urban areas such as towns, and suburbs. A town is generally smaller in size than a city but bigger than the rural areas. They generally have local self-government in towns which control the whole town and take decisions for its benefit. Whereas suburbs are small urban areas which surround a city. These are not as populated as the cities but have a bigger population than the rural areas. A lot of people from cities move to suburbs as bigger and better homes can be found in suburbs and at a much cheaper price.
Bihar Urban Population (2011)
11.29% of the people that live in Bihar are from urban areas. The total Bihar population which lives in Urban areas according to 2011 were 11,758,016 people out of which around 55% was the male population and the rest were females. The average literacy rate of the urban areas in Bihar was 76.86%. The male literacy rate equalled 82.56% whereas the female one equalled 61.95%.
Bihar Rural Population (2011)
88.71% of the population of Bihar lived in rural areas. If we look at the numbers of males and females which were 48,073,850 males and 44,267,586 females lived in the rural areas of the Bihar region. In the rural areas, the male-female ratio was 921 females for every 1000 men whereas the same for children 938 girls per 1000 boys were present. The number of children living in the rural areas was 17,383,701.
Description | Rural | Urban |
Population | 88.71% | 11.29% |
Total Population | 92341436 | 11758016 |
Male | 48073850 | 6204307 |
Female | 44267586 | 5553709 |
Sex Ratio (to males) | 921 | 895 |
Avg. Literacy | 59.78% | 76.86% |
Conclusion
Rural areas and urban areas are very different in nature, the facilities resent in urban areas are not there in rural areas, and the luxury present in urban is absent in rural areas. The people of urban areas have a very different lifestyle and they have a very hectic schedule, whereas the people of rural areas have the advantage of enjoying the countryside beauty and life a more peaceful life than the people of urban areas.
