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Harpur Population - Siwan, Bihar

Harpur is a medium size village located in Barharia Block of Siwan district, Bihar with total 351 families residing. The Harpur village has population of 1759 of which 907 are males while 852 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 340 which makes up 19.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harpur village is 939 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Harpur as per census is 1194, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Harpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Harpur village was 67.30 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Harpur Male literacy stands at 75.27 % while female literacy rate was 58.32 %.

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

Harpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 351 - -
Population 1,759 907 852
Child (0-6) 340 155 185
Schedule Caste 567 288 279
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.30 % 75.27 % 58.32 %
Total Workers 436 397 39
Main Worker 376 - -
Marginal Worker 60 54 6

Caste Factor

Harpur village of Siwan has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.23 % of total population in Harpur village. The village Harpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Harpur village out of total population, 436 were engaged in work activities. 86.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 436 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 220 were Agricultural labourer.