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Harchandpur Population - Purnia, Bihar

Harchandpur is a large village located in Jalalgarh Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 922 families residing. The Harchandpur village has population of 4530 of which 2346 are males while 2184 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harchandpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 797 which makes up 17.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harchandpur village is 931 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Harchandpur as per census is 939, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Harchandpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Harchandpur village was 60.22 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Harchandpur Male literacy stands at 68.01 % while female literacy rate was 51.84 %.

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

Harchandpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 922 - -
Population 4,530 2,346 2,184
Child (0-6) 797 411 386
Schedule Caste 594 299 295
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.22 % 68.01 % 51.84 %
Total Workers 1,339 1,074 265
Main Worker 987 - -
Marginal Worker 352 269 83

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.11 % of total population in Harchandpur village. The village Harchandpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Harchandpur village out of total population, 1339 were engaged in work activities. 73.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1339 workers engaged in Main Work, 200 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 438 were Agricultural labourer.