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Parua Population - Katihar, Bihar

Parua is a medium size village located in Balrampur Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 321 families residing. The Parua village has population of 1620 of which 843 are males while 777 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parua village population of children with age 0-6 is 404 which makes up 24.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parua village is 922 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Parua as per census is 828, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Parua village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Parua village was 55.76 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Parua Male literacy stands at 65.59 % while female literacy rate was 45.45 %.

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

Parua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 321 - -
Population 1,620 843 777
Child (0-6) 404 221 183
Schedule Caste 187 101 86
Schedule Tribe 214 113 101
Literacy 55.76 % 65.59 % 45.45 %
Total Workers 437 390 47
Main Worker 393 - -
Marginal Worker 44 42 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 13.21 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.54 % of total population in Parua village.

Work Profile

In Parua village out of total population, 437 were engaged in work activities. 89.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 437 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 217 were Agricultural labourer.