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Purwa Population - Vaishali, Bihar

Purwa is a medium size village located in Hajipur Block of Vaishali district, Bihar with total 179 families residing. The Purwa village has population of 1028 of which 538 are males while 490 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 190 which makes up 18.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purwa village is 911 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Purwa as per census is 1021, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Purwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Purwa village was 66.59 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Purwa Male literacy stands at 79.50 % while female literacy rate was 52.03 %.

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

Purwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 179 - -
Population 1,028 538 490
Child (0-6) 190 94 96
Schedule Caste 319 175 144
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.59 % 79.50 % 52.03 %
Total Workers 345 261 84
Main Worker 223 - -
Marginal Worker 122 45 77

Caste Factor

Purwa village of Vaishali has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.03 % of total population in Purwa village. The village Purwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purwa village out of total population, 345 were engaged in work activities. 64.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 345 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.