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Mahathua Population - Purnia, Bihar

Mahathua is a small village located in Bhawanipur Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 23 families residing. The Mahathua village has population of 133 of which 74 are males while 59 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahathua village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 21.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahathua village is 797 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahathua as per census is 1154, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Mahathua village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahathua village was 49.52 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Mahathua Male literacy stands at 65.57 % while female literacy rate was 27.27 %.

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

Mahathua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 23 - -
Population 133 74 59
Child (0-6) 28 13 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 72 38 34
Literacy 49.52 % 65.57 % 27.27 %
Total Workers 61 36 25
Main Worker 37 - -
Marginal Worker 24 5 19

Caste Factor

In Mahathua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 54.14 % of total population in Mahathua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mahathua village of Purnia.

Work Profile

In Mahathua village out of total population, 61 were engaged in work activities. 60.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.