Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Maricha Population - Supaul, Bihar

Maricha is a medium size village located in Supaul Block of Supaul district, Bihar with total 302 families residing. The Maricha village has population of 1472 of which 781 are males while 691 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maricha village population of children with age 0-6 is 233 which makes up 15.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maricha village is 885 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Maricha as per census is 942, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Maricha village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Maricha village was 61.90 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Maricha Male literacy stands at 75.04 % while female literacy rate was 46.89 %.

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

Maricha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 302 - -
Population 1,472 781 691
Child (0-6) 233 120 113
Schedule Caste 374 204 170
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 61.90 % 75.04 % 46.89 %
Total Workers 668 370 298
Main Worker 89 - -
Marginal Worker 579 313 266

Caste Factor

Maricha village of Supaul has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.41 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.14 % of total population in Maricha village.

Work Profile

In Maricha village out of total population, 668 were engaged in work activities. 13.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 668 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.