Motihari — UN urban centre
Motihari: 392,303 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,450 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10887; territory: India (IND). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 26.6475, 84.9161. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 101,345 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 121,265 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 142,744 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 168,465 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 205,569 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 244,710 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 283,068 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 320,815 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 359,882 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 362,397 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 392,303 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 414,378 | Projection |
| 2035 | 436,613 | Projection |
| 2040 | 460,296 | Projection |
| 2045 | 473,358 | Projection |
| 2050 | 495,851 | Projection |
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