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Karharia Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Karharia is a medium size village located in Shahkund Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 272 families residing. The Karharia village has population of 1348 of which 735 are males while 613 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 191 which makes up 14.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karharia village is 834 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Karharia as per census is 661, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Karharia village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Karharia village was 79.43 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Karharia Male literacy stands at 84.35 % while female literacy rate was 73.74 %.

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

Karharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 272 - -
Population 1,348 735 613
Child (0-6) 191 115 76
Schedule Caste 208 113 95
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.43 % 84.35 % 73.74 %
Total Workers 559 357 202
Main Worker 261 - -
Marginal Worker 298 135 163

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.43 % of total population in Karharia village. The village Karharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karharia village out of total population, 559 were engaged in work activities. 46.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 559 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 108 were Agricultural labourer.