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Paharpur Population - Gaya, Bihar

Paharpur is a medium size village located in Amas Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 149 families residing. The Paharpur village has population of 1121 of which 576 are males while 545 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 240 which makes up 21.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paharpur village is 946 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Paharpur as per census is 846, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Paharpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Paharpur village was 70.26 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Paharpur Male literacy stands at 80.72 % while female literacy rate was 59.54 %.

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

Paharpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 149 - -
Population 1,121 576 545
Child (0-6) 240 130 110
Schedule Caste 732 365 367
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.26 % 80.72 % 59.54 %
Total Workers 277 254 23
Main Worker 115 - -
Marginal Worker 162 151 11

Caste Factor

In Paharpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.30 % of total population in Paharpur village. The village Paharpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paharpur village out of total population, 277 were engaged in work activities. 41.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 277 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.