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River Block Population - Katihar, Bihar

River Block is a medium size village located in Amdabad Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 333 families residing. The River Block village has population of 1624 of which 852 are males while 772 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In River Block village population of children with age 0-6 is 327 which makes up 20.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of River Block village is 906 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the River Block as per census is 797, lower than Bihar average of 935.

River Block village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of River Block village was 21.43 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In River Block Male literacy stands at 30.75 % while female literacy rate was 11.48 %.

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

River Block Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 333 - -
Population 1,624 852 772
Child (0-6) 327 182 145
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 18 9 9
Literacy 21.43 % 30.75 % 11.48 %
Total Workers 641 348 293
Main Worker 339 - -
Marginal Worker 302 101 201

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.11 % of total population in River Block village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in River Block village of Katihar.

Work Profile

In River Block village out of total population, 641 were engaged in work activities. 52.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 641 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 251 were Agricultural labourer.