Jarahiya Population - Nawada, Bihar

Jarahiya is a medium size village located in Meskaur Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 178 families residing. The Jarahiya village has population of 1222 of which 648 are males while 574 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarahiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 209 which makes up 17.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarahiya village is 886 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarahiya as per census is 1029, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jarahiya village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarahiya village was 63.97 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jarahiya Male literacy stands at 82.94 % while female literacy rate was 41.88 %.

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

Jarahiya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	178	-	-
Population	1,222	648	574
Child (0-6)	209	103	106
Schedule Caste	623	328	295
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	63.97 %	82.94 %	41.88 %
Total Workers	589	329	260
Main Worker	200	-	-
Marginal Worker	389	137	252

Caste Factor

In Jarahiya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.98 % of total population in Jarahiya village. The village Jarahiya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jarahiya village out of total population, 589 were engaged in work activities. 33.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 589 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 184 were Agricultural labourer.