Saharsa — UN urban centre
Saharsa: 456,879 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,218 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11339; 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: 25.8767, 86.5927. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 143,986 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 161,395 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 169,293 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 177,332 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 208,510 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 241,549 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 273,213 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 314,508 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 376,679 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 430,328 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 456,879 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 484,447 | Projection |
| 2035 | 511,485 | Projection |
| 2040 | 532,131 | Projection |
| 2045 | 570,863 | Projection |
| 2050 | 587,466 | Projection |
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