Samhar Kalan Population - Saharsa, Bihar

Samhar Kalan is a medium size village located in Salkhua Block of Saharsa district, Bihar with total 177 families residing. The Samhar Kalan village has population of 874 of which 468 are males while 406 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samhar Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 236 which makes up 27.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samhar Kalan village is 868 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Samhar Kalan as per census is 858, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Samhar Kalan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Samhar Kalan village was 14.73 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Samhar Kalan Male literacy stands at 25.51 % while female literacy rate was 2.36 %.

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

Samhar Kalan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	177	-	-
Population	874	468	406
Child (0-6)	236	127	109
Schedule Caste	368	199	169
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	14.73 %	25.51 %	2.36 %
Total Workers	434	230	204
Main Worker	237	-	-
Marginal Worker	197	5	192

Caste Factor

In Samhar Kalan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.11 % of total population in Samhar Kalan village. The village Samhar Kalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Samhar Kalan village out of total population, 434 were engaged in work activities. 54.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 434 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 233 were Agricultural labourer.