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Meharpur Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Meharpur is a medium size village located in Pirpainti Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 267 families residing. The Meharpur village has population of 1597 of which 842 are males while 755 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 336 which makes up 21.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meharpur village is 897 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Meharpur as per census is 976, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Meharpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Meharpur village was 62.89 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Meharpur Male literacy stands at 73.51 % while female literacy rate was 50.76 %.

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

Meharpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 267 - -
Population 1,597 842 755
Child (0-6) 336 170 166
Schedule Caste 22 13 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.89 % 73.51 % 50.76 %
Total Workers 485 441 44
Main Worker 254 - -
Marginal Worker 231 201 30

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.38 % of total population in Meharpur village. The village Meharpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meharpur village out of total population, 485 were engaged in work activities. 52.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 485 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 125 were Agricultural labourer.