Paterhwa Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Paterhwa is a medium size village located in Motihari Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 113 families residing. The Paterhwa village has population of 656 of which 345 are males while 311 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paterhwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 141 which makes up 21.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paterhwa village is 901 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Paterhwa as per census is 1104, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Paterhwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Paterhwa village was 36.50 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Paterhwa Male literacy stands at 42.81 % while female literacy rate was 29.11 %.

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

Paterhwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	113	-	-
Population	656	345	311
Child (0-6)	141	67	74
Schedule Caste	491	258	233
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	36.50 %	42.81 %	29.11 %
Total Workers	159	151	8
Main Worker	128	-	-
Marginal Worker	31	27	4

Caste Factor

In Paterhwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 74.85 % of total population in Paterhwa village. The village Paterhwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paterhwa village out of total population, 159 were engaged in work activities. 80.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 159 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.