Karihan Population - Vaishali, Bihar

Karihan is a medium size village located in Mahua Block of Vaishali district, Bihar with total 309 families residing. The Karihan village has population of 1860 of which 979 are males while 881 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karihan village population of children with age 0-6 is 302 which makes up 16.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karihan village is 900 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Karihan as per census is 830, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Karihan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Karihan village was 74.84 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Karihan Male literacy stands at 80.71 % while female literacy rate was 68.41 %.

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

Karihan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	309	-	-
Population	1,860	979	881
Child (0-6)	302	165	137
Schedule Caste	620	329	291
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.84 %	80.71 %	68.41 %
Total Workers	501	445	56
Main Worker	262	-	-
Marginal Worker	239	194	45

Caste Factor

Karihan village of Vaishali has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.33 % of total population in Karihan village. The village Karihan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karihan village out of total population, 501 were engaged in work activities. 52.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 501 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 113 were Agricultural labourer.