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Sahijan Kalan Population - Gopalganj, Bihar

Sahijan Kalan is a medium size village located in Katiya Block of Gopalganj district, Bihar with total 194 families residing. The Sahijan Kalan village has population of 1230 of which 565 are males while 665 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahijan Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 234 which makes up 19.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahijan Kalan village is 1177 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahijan Kalan as per census is 1035, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sahijan Kalan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahijan Kalan village was 66.87 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sahijan Kalan Male literacy stands at 80.89 % while female literacy rate was 55.31 %.

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

Sahijan Kalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 194 - -
Population 1,230 565 665
Child (0-6) 234 115 119
Schedule Caste 169 79 90
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.87 % 80.89 % 55.31 %
Total Workers 307 230 77
Main Worker 207 - -
Marginal Worker 100 87 13

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.74 % of total population in Sahijan Kalan village. The village Sahijan Kalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sahijan Kalan village out of total population, 307 were engaged in work activities. 67.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 307 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.