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Chirah Population - Araria, Bihar

Chirah is a large village located in Jokihat Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 619 families residing. The Chirah village has population of 3008 of which 1534 are males while 1474 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chirah village population of children with age 0-6 is 761 which makes up 25.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chirah village is 961 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chirah as per census is 893, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Chirah village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chirah village was 56.12 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chirah Male literacy stands at 61.48 % while female literacy rate was 50.67 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chirah 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 Chirah village.

Chirah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 619 - -
Population 3,008 1,534 1,474
Child (0-6) 761 402 359
Schedule Caste 10 6 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.12 % 61.48 % 50.67 %
Total Workers 1,006 735 271
Main Worker 647 - -
Marginal Worker 359 192 167

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.33 % of total population in Chirah village. The village Chirah currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chirah village out of total population, 1006 were engaged in work activities. 64.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1006 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 561 were Agricultural labourer.