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Meharpur Population - Banka, Bihar

Meharpur is a medium size village located in Banka Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 277 families residing. The Meharpur village has population of 1454 of which 784 are males while 670 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 262 which makes up 18.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meharpur village is 855 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Meharpur as per census is 871, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Meharpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Meharpur village was 58.56 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Meharpur Male literacy stands at 68.17 % while female literacy rate was 47.26 %.

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

Meharpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 277 - -
Population 1,454 784 670
Child (0-6) 262 140 122
Schedule Caste 90 48 42
Schedule Tribe 7 1 6
Literacy 58.56 % 68.17 % 47.26 %
Total Workers 523 349 174
Main Worker 265 - -
Marginal Worker 258 135 123

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.19 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.48 % of total population in Meharpur village.

Work Profile

In Meharpur village out of total population, 523 were engaged in work activities. 50.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 523 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.