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Parayagdah Population - Katihar, Bihar

Parayagdah is a medium size village located in Hasanganj Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 220 families residing. The Parayagdah village has population of 1042 of which 543 are males while 499 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parayagdah village population of children with age 0-6 is 241 which makes up 23.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parayagdah village is 919 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Parayagdah as per census is 868, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Parayagdah village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Parayagdah village was 46.82 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Parayagdah Male literacy stands at 53.38 % while female literacy rate was 39.79 %.

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

Parayagdah Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 220 - -
Population 1,042 543 499
Child (0-6) 241 129 112
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 194 98 96
Literacy 46.82 % 53.38 % 39.79 %
Total Workers 396 241 155
Main Worker 338 - -
Marginal Worker 58 40 18

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 18.62 % of total population in Parayagdah village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Parayagdah village of Katihar.

Work Profile

In Parayagdah village out of total population, 396 were engaged in work activities. 85.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 396 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 231 were Agricultural labourer.