Degaon Population - Munger, Bihar

Degaon is a medium size village located in Tarapur Block of Munger district, Bihar with total 176 families residing. The Degaon village has population of 872 of which 472 are males while 400 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Degaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 18.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Degaon village is 847 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Degaon as per census is 1118, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Degaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Degaon village was 91.84 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Degaon Male literacy stands at 94.44 % while female literacy rate was 88.57 %.

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

Degaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	176	-	-
Population	872	472	400
Child (0-6)	161	76	85
Schedule Caste	274	137	137
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	91.84 %	94.44 %	88.57 %
Total Workers	279	220	59
Main Worker	125	-	-
Marginal Worker	154	107	47

Caste Factor

Degaon village of Munger has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.42 % of total population in Degaon village. The village Degaon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Degaon village out of total population, 279 were engaged in work activities. 44.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 279 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.