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Sahiya Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sahiya is a large village located in Wazirganj Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 440 families residing. The Sahiya village has population of 2927 of which 1508 are males while 1419 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 510 which makes up 17.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahiya village is 941 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahiya as per census is 977, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sahiya village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahiya village was 63.67 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sahiya Male literacy stands at 72.64 % while female literacy rate was 54.07 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sahiya village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sahiya village.

Sahiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 440 - -
Population 2,927 1,508 1,419
Child (0-6) 510 258 252
Schedule Caste 1,143 588 555
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.67 % 72.64 % 54.07 %
Total Workers 1,310 768 542
Main Worker 942 - -
Marginal Worker 368 164 204

Caste Factor

In Sahiya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.05 % of total population in Sahiya village. The village Sahiya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sahiya village out of total population, 1310 were engaged in work activities. 71.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1310 workers engaged in Main Work, 279 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 467 were Agricultural labourer.