Afardih Population - Sheikhpura, Bihar

Afardih is a medium size village located in Ariari Block of Sheikhpura district, Bihar with total 195 families residing. The Afardih village has population of 1310 of which 661 are males while 649 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Afardih village population of children with age 0-6 is 276 which makes up 21.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Afardih village is 982 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Afardih as per census is 930, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Afardih village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Afardih village was 47.29 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Afardih Male literacy stands at 58.88 % while female literacy rate was 35.66 %.

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

Afardih Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	195	-	-
Population	1,310	661	649
Child (0-6)	276	143	133
Schedule Caste	500	257	243
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	47.29 %	58.88 %	35.66 %
Total Workers	590	297	293
Main Worker	511	-	-
Marginal Worker	79	47	32

Caste Factor

In Afardih village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.17 % of total population in Afardih village. The village Afardih currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Afardih village out of total population, 590 were engaged in work activities. 86.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 590 workers engaged in Main Work, 243 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 151 were Agricultural labourer.