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Kanharia Population - Purnia, Bihar

Kanharia is a medium size village located in Amour Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 220 families residing. The Kanharia village has population of 1119 of which 591 are males while 528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 213 which makes up 19.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanharia village is 893 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanharia as per census is 919, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Kanharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanharia village was 39.62 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Kanharia Male literacy stands at 49.38 % while female literacy rate was 28.64 %.

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

Kanharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 220 - -
Population 1,119 591 528
Child (0-6) 213 111 102
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 39.62 % 49.38 % 28.64 %
Total Workers 412 277 135
Main Worker 268 - -
Marginal Worker 144 30 114

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Kanharia village out of total population, 412 were engaged in work activities. 65.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 412 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 209 were Agricultural labourer.