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Mahra Population - Katihar, Bihar

Mahra is a medium size village located in Azamnagar Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 290 families residing. The Mahra village has population of 1396 of which 730 are males while 666 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahra village population of children with age 0-6 is 275 which makes up 19.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahra village is 912 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahra as per census is 1273, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Mahra village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahra village was 38.36 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Mahra Male literacy stands at 48.44 % while female literacy rate was 26.37 %.

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

Mahra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 290 - -
Population 1,396 730 666
Child (0-6) 275 121 154
Schedule Caste 122 66 56
Schedule Tribe 51 27 24
Literacy 38.36 % 48.44 % 26.37 %
Total Workers 503 420 83
Main Worker 382 - -
Marginal Worker 121 49 72

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.74 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.65 % of total population in Mahra village.

Work Profile

In Mahra village out of total population, 503 were engaged in work activities. 75.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 503 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 303 were Agricultural labourer.