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Gurhanwa Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Gurhanwa is a large village located in Dhaka Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 738 families residing. The Gurhanwa village has population of 3411 of which 1818 are males while 1593 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurhanwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 740 which makes up 21.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurhanwa village is 876 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurhanwa as per census is 845, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Gurhanwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurhanwa village was 55.37 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gurhanwa Male literacy stands at 63.73 % while female literacy rate was 45.93 %.

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

Gurhanwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 738 - -
Population 3,411 1,818 1,593
Child (0-6) 740 401 339
Schedule Caste 483 261 222
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.37 % 63.73 % 45.93 %
Total Workers 1,070 816 254
Main Worker 833 - -
Marginal Worker 237 68 169

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.16 % of total population in Gurhanwa village. The village Gurhanwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gurhanwa village out of total population, 1070 were engaged in work activities. 77.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1070 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 591 were Agricultural labourer.