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Porai Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Porai is a medium size village located in Harnaut Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 247 families residing. The Porai village has population of 1736 of which 897 are males while 839 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porai village population of children with age 0-6 is 388 which makes up 22.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porai village is 935 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Porai as per census is 830, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Porai village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Porai village was 62.39 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Porai Male literacy stands at 69.93 % while female literacy rate was 54.60 %.

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

Porai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,736 897 839
Child (0-6) 388 212 176
Schedule Caste 160 80 80
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.39 % 69.93 % 54.60 %
Total Workers 610 410 200
Main Worker 336 - -
Marginal Worker 274 171 103

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.22 % of total population in Porai village. The village Porai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Porai village out of total population, 610 were engaged in work activities. 55.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 610 workers engaged in Main Work, 241 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 85 were Agricultural labourer.