Piraho Population - Arwal, Bihar

Piraho is a medium size village located in Karpi Block of Arwal district, Bihar with total 281 families residing. The Piraho village has population of 1511 of which 749 are males while 762 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Piraho village population of children with age 0-6 is 342 which makes up 22.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Piraho village is 1017 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Piraho as per census is 1024, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Piraho village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Piraho village was 40.46 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Piraho Male literacy stands at 51.38 % while female literacy rate was 29.71 %.

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

Piraho Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	281	-	-
Population	1,511	749	762
Child (0-6)	342	169	173
Schedule Caste	724	363	361
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	40.46 %	51.38 %	29.71 %
Total Workers	592	339	253
Main Worker	356	-	-
Marginal Worker	236	134	102

Caste Factor

In Piraho village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.92 % of total population in Piraho village. The village Piraho currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Piraho village out of total population, 592 were engaged in work activities. 60.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 592 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 286 were Agricultural labourer.