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Garhia Population - Purnia, Bihar

Garhia is a medium size village located in Bhawanipur Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 192 families residing. The Garhia village has population of 1133 of which 577 are males while 556 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garhia village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 19.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garhia village is 964 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Garhia as per census is 929, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Garhia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Garhia village was 56.61 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Garhia Male literacy stands at 70.47 % while female literacy rate was 42.35 %.

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

Garhia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 192 - -
Population 1,133 577 556
Child (0-6) 218 113 105
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.61 % 70.47 % 42.35 %
Total Workers 365 232 133
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 281 172 109

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.18 % of total population in Garhia village. The village Garhia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garhia village out of total population, 365 were engaged in work activities. 23.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 365 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.