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Harpur Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Harpur is a large village located in Shahkund Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 544 families residing. The Harpur village has population of 3209 of which 1679 are males while 1530 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 525 which makes up 16.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harpur village is 911 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Harpur as per census is 1004, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Harpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Harpur village was 63.82 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Harpur Male literacy stands at 72.12 % while female literacy rate was 54.54 %.

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 544 - -
Population 3,209 1,679 1,530
Child (0-6) 525 262 263
Schedule Caste 796 417 379
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.82 % 72.12 % 54.54 %
Total Workers 1,037 803 234
Main Worker 676 - -
Marginal Worker 361 209 152

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.81 % 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, 1037 were engaged in work activities. 65.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1037 workers engaged in Main Work, 200 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 240 were Agricultural labourer.