Erka Population - Aurangabad, Bihar

Erka is a large village located in Kutumba Block of Aurangabad district, Bihar with total 305 families residing. The Erka village has population of 2082 of which 1092 are males while 990 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Erka village population of children with age 0-6 is 329 which makes up 15.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Erka village is 907 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Erka as per census is 818, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Erka village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Erka village was 77.75 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Erka Male literacy stands at 88.25 % while female literacy rate was 66.39 %.

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

Erka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	305	-	-
Population	2,082	1,092	990
Child (0-6)	329	181	148
Schedule Caste	867	441	426
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	77.75 %	88.25 %	66.39 %
Total Workers	550	495	55
Main Worker	257	-	-
Marginal Worker	293	256	37

Caste Factor

In Erka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.64 % of total population in Erka village. The village Erka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Erka village out of total population, 550 were engaged in work activities. 46.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 550 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 113 were Agricultural labourer.