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Paharkatta Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Paharkatta is a large village located in Pothia Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 1067 families residing. The Paharkatta village has population of 5428 of which 2776 are males while 2652 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paharkatta village population of children with age 0-6 is 1064 which makes up 19.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paharkatta village is 955 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Paharkatta as per census is 978, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Paharkatta village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Paharkatta village was 37.42 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Paharkatta Male literacy stands at 43.30 % while female literacy rate was 31.23 %.

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

Paharkatta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,067 - -
Population 5,428 2,776 2,652
Child (0-6) 1,064 538 526
Schedule Caste 38 16 22
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 37.42 % 43.30 % 31.23 %
Total Workers 1,431 1,301 130
Main Worker 1,176 - -
Marginal Worker 255 216 39

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.70 % of total population in Paharkatta village. The village Paharkatta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paharkatta village out of total population, 1431 were engaged in work activities. 82.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1431 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 935 were Agricultural labourer.