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Arhal Population - Purnia, Bihar

Arhal is a medium size village located in Baisa Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 290 families residing. The Arhal village has population of 1439 of which 725 are males while 714 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arhal village population of children with age 0-6 is 343 which makes up 23.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arhal village is 985 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Arhal as per census is 1117, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Arhal village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Arhal village was 41.33 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Arhal Male literacy stands at 44.23 % while female literacy rate was 38.27 %.

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

Arhal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 290 - -
Population 1,439 725 714
Child (0-6) 343 162 181
Schedule Caste 155 71 84
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 41.33 % 44.23 % 38.27 %
Total Workers 313 293 20
Main Worker 299 - -
Marginal Worker 14 9 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.77 % of total population in Arhal village. The village Arhal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Arhal village out of total population, 313 were engaged in work activities. 95.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 313 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 252 were Agricultural labourer.