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Garaia Population - Purnia, Bihar

Garaia is a medium size village located in Amour Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 138 families residing. The Garaia village has population of 762 of which 394 are males while 368 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garaia village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 21.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garaia village is 934 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Garaia as per census is 851, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Garaia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Garaia village was 37.10 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Garaia Male literacy stands at 48.21 % while female literacy rate was 25.51 %.

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

Garaia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 138 - -
Population 762 394 368
Child (0-6) 161 87 74
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 37.10 % 48.21 % 25.51 %
Total Workers 195 175 20
Main Worker 62 - -
Marginal Worker 133 116 17

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Garaia village of Purnia district.

Work Profile

In Garaia village out of total population, 195 were engaged in work activities. 31.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 195 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.