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Maher Population - Gaya, Bihar

Maher is a medium size village located in Tan Kuppa Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 207 families residing. The Maher village has population of 1230 of which 607 are males while 623 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maher village population of children with age 0-6 is 246 which makes up 20.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maher village is 1026 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Maher as per census is 907, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Maher village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Maher village was 56.30 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Maher Male literacy stands at 73.22 % while female literacy rate was 40.32 %.

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

Maher Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 207 - -
Population 1,230 607 623
Child (0-6) 246 129 117
Schedule Caste 339 164 175
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.30 % 73.22 % 40.32 %
Total Workers 242 234 8
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 155 151 4

Caste Factor

Maher village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.56 % of total population in Maher village. The village Maher currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maher village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 35.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.