Pharka Population - Gaya, Bihar

Pharka is a medium size village located in Fatehpur Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 141 families residing. The Pharka village has population of 1078 of which 542 are males while 536 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pharka village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 18.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pharka village is 989 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pharka as per census is 1071, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Pharka village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pharka village was 59.66 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pharka Male literacy stands at 74.32 % while female literacy rate was 44.55 %.

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

Pharka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	141	-	-
Population	1,078	542	536
Child (0-6)	203	98	105
Schedule Caste	445	230	215
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	59.66 %	74.32 %	44.55 %
Total Workers	353	213	140
Main Worker	316	-	-
Marginal Worker	37	36	1

Caste Factor

In Pharka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.28 % of total population in Pharka village. The village Pharka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pharka village out of total population, 353 were engaged in work activities. 89.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 353 workers engaged in Main Work, 229 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.