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Harpur Population - Buxar, Bihar

Harpur is a large village located in Rajpur Block of Buxar district, Bihar with total 417 families residing. The Harpur village has population of 2799 of which 1431 are males while 1368 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 516 which makes up 18.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harpur village is 956 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Harpur as per census is 1081, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Harpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Harpur village was 64.74 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Harpur Male literacy stands at 75.57 % while female literacy rate was 53.09 %.

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

Harpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 417 - -
Population 2,799 1,431 1,368
Child (0-6) 516 248 268
Schedule Caste 491 254 237
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.74 % 75.57 % 53.09 %
Total Workers 994 595 399
Main Worker 168 - -
Marginal Worker 826 475 351

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.54 % of total population in Harpur village. The village Harpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Harpur village out of total population, 994 were engaged in work activities. 16.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 994 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.