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Purahra Population - Aurangabad, Bihar

Purahra is a large village located in Haspura Block of Aurangabad district, Bihar with total 428 families residing. The Purahra village has population of 2517 of which 1309 are males while 1208 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purahra village population of children with age 0-6 is 463 which makes up 18.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purahra village is 923 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Purahra as per census is 890, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Purahra village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Purahra village was 77.26 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Purahra Male literacy stands at 89.10 % while female literacy rate was 64.55 %.

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

Purahra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 428 - -
Population 2,517 1,309 1,208
Child (0-6) 463 245 218
Schedule Caste 321 158 163
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.26 % 89.10 % 64.55 %
Total Workers 748 598 150
Main Worker 466 - -
Marginal Worker 282 245 37

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.75 % of total population in Purahra village. The village Purahra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purahra village out of total population, 748 were engaged in work activities. 62.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 748 workers engaged in Main Work, 251 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.