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Shahar Population - Rohtas, Bihar

Shahar is a medium size village located in Kargahar Block of Rohtas district, Bihar with total 225 families residing. The Shahar village has population of 1613 of which 851 are males while 762 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 302 which makes up 18.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shahar village is 895 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shahar as per census is 924, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Shahar village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shahar village was 78.79 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shahar Male literacy stands at 89.34 % while female literacy rate was 66.94 %.

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

Shahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,613 851 762
Child (0-6) 302 157 145
Schedule Caste 299 151 148
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.79 % 89.34 % 66.94 %
Total Workers 494 389 105
Main Worker 465 - -
Marginal Worker 29 16 13

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.54 % of total population in Shahar village. The village Shahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shahar village out of total population, 494 were engaged in work activities. 94.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 494 workers engaged in Main Work, 187 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 123 were Agricultural labourer.