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Mala Population - Purnia, Bihar

Mala is a medium size village located in Baisi Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 392 families residing. The Mala village has population of 1656 of which 836 are males while 820 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mala village population of children with age 0-6 is 309 which makes up 18.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mala village is 981 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Mala as per census is 1176, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Mala village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Mala village was 42.54 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Mala Male literacy stands at 47.12 % while female literacy rate was 37.67 %.

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

Mala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 392 - -
Population 1,656 836 820
Child (0-6) 309 142 167
Schedule Caste 81 31 50
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 42.54 % 47.12 % 37.67 %
Total Workers 563 392 171
Main Worker 497 - -
Marginal Worker 66 53 13

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.89 % of total population in Mala village. The village Mala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mala village out of total population, 563 were engaged in work activities. 88.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 563 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 201 were Agricultural labourer.