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Harpur Population - Saharsa, Bihar

Harpur is a medium size village located in Kahara Block of Saharsa district, Bihar with total 232 families residing. The Harpur village has population of 1201 of which 641 are males while 560 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 18.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harpur village is 874 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Harpur as per census is 839, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Harpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Harpur village was 76.67 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Harpur Male literacy stands at 84.53 % while female literacy rate was 67.76 %.

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

Harpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 232 - -
Population 1,201 641 560
Child (0-6) 228 124 104
Schedule Caste 45 23 22
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.67 % 84.53 % 67.76 %
Total Workers 437 304 133
Main Worker 106 - -
Marginal Worker 331 207 124

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.75 % of total population in Harpur village. The village Harpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Harpur village out of total population, 437 were engaged in work activities. 24.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 437 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.