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Jarahara Population - Gaya, Bihar

Jarahara is a medium size village located in Bodh Gaya Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 160 families residing. The Jarahara village has population of 1283 of which 674 are males while 609 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarahara village population of children with age 0-6 is 250 which makes up 19.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarahara village is 904 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarahara as per census is 852, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jarahara village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarahara village was 57.60 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jarahara Male literacy stands at 73.10 % while female literacy rate was 40.69 %.

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

Jarahara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 160 - -
Population 1,283 674 609
Child (0-6) 250 135 115
Schedule Caste 420 228 192
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.60 % 73.10 % 40.69 %
Total Workers 536 338 198
Main Worker 268 - -
Marginal Worker 268 140 128

Caste Factor

Jarahara village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.74 % of total population in Jarahara village. The village Jarahara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jarahara village out of total population, 536 were engaged in work activities. 50.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 536 workers engaged in Main Work, 245 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.