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Garha Population - Araria, Bihar

Garha is a medium size village located in Raniganj Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 286 families residing. The Garha village has population of 1492 of which 761 are males while 731 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garha village population of children with age 0-6 is 353 which makes up 23.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garha village is 961 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Garha as per census is 1029, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Garha village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Garha village was 63.92 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Garha Male literacy stands at 72.06 % while female literacy rate was 55.25 %.

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

Garha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 286 - -
Population 1,492 761 731
Child (0-6) 353 174 179
Schedule Caste 235 122 113
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.92 % 72.06 % 55.25 %
Total Workers 395 354 41
Main Worker 394 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.75 % of total population in Garha village. The village Garha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garha village out of total population, 395 were engaged in work activities. 99.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 395 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 269 were Agricultural labourer.