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Puran Population - Arwal, Bihar

Puran is a large village located in Karpi Block of Arwal district, Bihar with total 694 families residing. The Puran village has population of 4133 of which 2173 are males while 1960 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puran village population of children with age 0-6 is 670 which makes up 16.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puran village is 902 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Puran as per census is 887, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Puran village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Puran village was 66.68 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Puran Male literacy stands at 75.52 % while female literacy rate was 56.90 %.

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

Puran Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 694 - -
Population 4,133 2,173 1,960
Child (0-6) 670 355 315
Schedule Caste 566 288 278
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.68 % 75.52 % 56.90 %
Total Workers 1,828 1,126 702
Main Worker 1,355 - -
Marginal Worker 473 363 110

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.69 % of total population in Puran village. The village Puran currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puran village out of total population, 1828 were engaged in work activities. 74.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1828 workers engaged in Main Work, 187 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 981 were Agricultural labourer.