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Harpur Population - Purnia, Bihar

Harpur is a large village located in Dhamdaha Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 480 families residing. The Harpur village has population of 2574 of which 1352 are males while 1222 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 566 which makes up 21.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harpur village is 904 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Harpur as per census is 826, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Harpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Harpur village was 56.18 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Harpur Male literacy stands at 65.26 % while female literacy rate was 46.38 %.

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

Harpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 480 - -
Population 2,574 1,352 1,222
Child (0-6) 566 310 256
Schedule Caste 199 112 87
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.18 % 65.26 % 46.38 %
Total Workers 1,251 642 609
Main Worker 852 - -
Marginal Worker 399 115 284

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.73 % of total population in Harpur village. The village Harpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Harpur village out of total population, 1251 were engaged in work activities. 68.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1251 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 657 were Agricultural labourer.