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Paharpur Population - Arwal, Bihar

Paharpur is a medium size village located in Sonbhadra Banshi Suryapur Block of Arwal district, Bihar with total 336 families residing. The Paharpur village has population of 1968 of which 1044 are males while 924 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 399 which makes up 20.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paharpur village is 885 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Paharpur as per census is 966, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Paharpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Paharpur village was 61.12 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Paharpur Male literacy stands at 72.29 % while female literacy rate was 48.21 %.

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

Paharpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 336 - -
Population 1,968 1,044 924
Child (0-6) 399 203 196
Schedule Caste 584 310 274
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.12 % 72.29 % 48.21 %
Total Workers 863 525 338
Main Worker 607 - -
Marginal Worker 256 35 221

Caste Factor

Paharpur village of Arwal has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.67 % of total population in Paharpur village. The village Paharpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paharpur village out of total population, 863 were engaged in work activities. 70.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 863 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 436 were Agricultural labourer.