Purahra Population - Rohtas, Bihar

Purahra is a medium size village located in Kochas Block of Rohtas district, Bihar with total 206 families residing. The Purahra village has population of 1335 of which 681 are males while 654 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purahra village population of children with age 0-6 is 300 which makes up 22.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purahra village is 960 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Purahra as per census is 974, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Purahra village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Purahra village was 83.96 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Purahra Male literacy stands at 90.17 % while female literacy rate was 77.47 %.

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

Purahra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	206	-	-
Population	1,335	681	654
Child (0-6)	300	152	148
Schedule Caste	571	287	284
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.96 %	90.17 %	77.47 %
Total Workers	441	302	139
Main Worker	277	-	-
Marginal Worker	164	38	126

Caste Factor

In Purahra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.77 % of total population in Purahra village. The village Purahra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purahra village out of total population, 441 were engaged in work activities. 62.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 441 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.