Oraia Population - Sheikhpura, Bihar

Oraia is a medium size village located in Ghat Kusumbha Block of Sheikhpura district, Bihar with total 209 families residing. The Oraia village has population of 1235 of which 649 are males while 586 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Oraia village population of children with age 0-6 is 279 which makes up 22.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Oraia village is 903 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Oraia as per census is 848, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Oraia village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Oraia village was 65.79 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Oraia Male literacy stands at 79.92 % while female literacy rate was 50.44 %.

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

Oraia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	209	-	-
Population	1,235	649	586
Child (0-6)	279	151	128
Schedule Caste	386	201	185
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	65.79 %	79.92 %	50.44 %
Total Workers	426	292	134
Main Worker	386	-	-
Marginal Worker	40	14	26

Caste Factor

Oraia village of Sheikhpura has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.26 % of total population in Oraia village. The village Oraia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Oraia village out of total population, 426 were engaged in work activities. 90.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 426 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 260 were Agricultural labourer.