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Dehra Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Dehra is a medium size village located in Harnaut Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 330 families residing. The Dehra village has population of 1596 of which 813 are males while 783 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dehra village population of children with age 0-6 is 377 which makes up 23.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dehra village is 963 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dehra as per census is 885, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dehra village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dehra village was 64.81 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dehra Male literacy stands at 79.61 % while female literacy rate was 49.83 %.

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

Dehra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 330 - -
Population 1,596 813 783
Child (0-6) 377 200 177
Schedule Caste 819 420 399
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.81 % 79.61 % 49.83 %
Total Workers 463 376 87
Main Worker 293 - -
Marginal Worker 170 147 23

Caste Factor

In Dehra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.32 % of total population in Dehra village. The village Dehra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dehra village out of total population, 463 were engaged in work activities. 63.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 463 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 128 were Agricultural labourer.