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Barah Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Barah is a large village located in Harnaut Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 1767 families residing. The Barah village has population of 10208 of which 5401 are males while 4807 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barah village population of children with age 0-6 is 1930 which makes up 18.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barah village is 890 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Barah as per census is 918, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Barah village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Barah village was 53.02 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Barah Male literacy stands at 63.28 % while female literacy rate was 41.41 %.

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

Barah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,767 - -
Population 10,208 5,401 4,807
Child (0-6) 1,930 1,006 924
Schedule Caste 3,116 1,663 1,453
Schedule Tribe 6 5 1
Literacy 53.02 % 63.28 % 41.41 %
Total Workers 4,102 2,747 1,355
Main Worker 3,204 - -
Marginal Worker 898 508 390

Caste Factor

Barah village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.53 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Barah village.

Work Profile

In Barah village out of total population, 4102 were engaged in work activities. 78.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4102 workers engaged in Main Work, 743 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2166 were Agricultural labourer.