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Barhouna Population - Munger, Bihar

Barhouna is a large village located in Kharagpur Block of Munger district, Bihar with total 663 families residing. The Barhouna village has population of 3573 of which 1900 are males while 1673 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barhouna village population of children with age 0-6 is 681 which makes up 19.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barhouna village is 881 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Barhouna as per census is 892, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Barhouna village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Barhouna village was 69.16 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Barhouna Male literacy stands at 78.90 % while female literacy rate was 58.06 %.

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

Barhouna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 663 - -
Population 3,573 1,900 1,673
Child (0-6) 681 360 321
Schedule Caste 955 496 459
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.16 % 78.90 % 58.06 %
Total Workers 1,081 902 179
Main Worker 583 - -
Marginal Worker 498 388 110

Caste Factor

Barhouna village of Munger has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.73 % of total population in Barhouna village. The village Barhouna currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barhouna village out of total population, 1081 were engaged in work activities. 53.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1081 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 275 were Agricultural labourer.