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Mahua Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Mahua is a medium size village located in Terhagachh Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 322 families residing. The Mahua village has population of 1599 of which 854 are males while 745 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahua village population of children with age 0-6 is 288 which makes up 18.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahua village is 872 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahua as per census is 735, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Mahua village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahua village was 58.58 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Mahua Male literacy stands at 70.06 % while female literacy rate was 45.91 %.

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

Mahua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 322 - -
Population 1,599 854 745
Child (0-6) 288 166 122
Schedule Caste 177 93 84
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.58 % 70.06 % 45.91 %
Total Workers 428 401 27
Main Worker 347 - -
Marginal Worker 81 73 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.07 % of total population in Mahua village. The village Mahua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahua village out of total population, 428 were engaged in work activities. 81.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 428 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 294 were Agricultural labourer.