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Purhara Population - Bhojpur, Bihar

Purhara is a medium size village located in Sahar Block of Bhojpur district, Bihar with total 330 families residing. The Purhara village has population of 1801 of which 895 are males while 906 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purhara village population of children with age 0-6 is 321 which makes up 17.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purhara village is 1012 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Purhara as per census is 1112, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Purhara village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Purhara village was 67.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Purhara Male literacy stands at 80.08 % while female literacy rate was 55.22 %.

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

Purhara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 330 - -
Population 1,801 895 906
Child (0-6) 321 152 169
Schedule Caste 337 175 162
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.70 % 80.08 % 55.22 %
Total Workers 470 441 29
Main Worker 333 - -
Marginal Worker 137 111 26

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.71 % of total population in Purhara village. The village Purhara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purhara village out of total population, 470 were engaged in work activities. 70.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 470 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 242 were Agricultural labourer.