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Garhia Population - Madhepura, Bihar

Garhia is a large village located in Kumarkhand Block of Madhepura district, Bihar with total 561 families residing. The Garhia village has population of 2431 of which 1300 are males while 1131 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garhia village population of children with age 0-6 is 445 which makes up 18.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garhia village is 870 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Garhia as per census is 886, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Garhia village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Garhia village was 63.80 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Garhia Male literacy stands at 72.18 % while female literacy rate was 54.12 %.

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

Garhia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 561 - -
Population 2,431 1,300 1,131
Child (0-6) 445 236 209
Schedule Caste 575 295 280
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.80 % 72.18 % 54.12 %
Total Workers 936 624 312
Main Worker 630 - -
Marginal Worker 306 146 160

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.65 % of total population in Garhia village. The village Garhia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garhia village out of total population, 936 were engaged in work activities. 67.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 936 workers engaged in Main Work, 309 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 271 were Agricultural labourer.