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Maria Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Maria is a medium size village located in Pothia Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 144 families residing. The Maria village has population of 723 of which 356 are males while 367 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maria village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 21.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maria village is 1031 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Maria as per census is 925, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Maria village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Maria village was 57.12 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Maria Male literacy stands at 69.57 % while female literacy rate was 45.39 %.

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

Maria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 723 356 367
Child (0-6) 154 80 74
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 472 221 251
Literacy 57.12 % 69.57 % 45.39 %
Total Workers 226 180 46
Main Worker 145 - -
Marginal Worker 81 52 29

Caste Factor

In Maria village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.28 % of total population in Maria village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maria village of Kishanganj.

Work Profile

In Maria village out of total population, 226 were engaged in work activities. 64.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 226 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.