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Meharpur Population - Banka, Bihar

Meharpur is a medium size village located in Shambhuganj Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 300 families residing. The Meharpur village has population of 1653 of which 883 are males while 770 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 254 which makes up 15.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meharpur village is 872 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Meharpur as per census is 827, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Meharpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Meharpur village was 74.41 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Meharpur Male literacy stands at 81.18 % while female literacy rate was 66.72 %.

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 300 - -
Population 1,653 883 770
Child (0-6) 254 139 115
Schedule Caste 512 268 244
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.41 % 81.18 % 66.72 %
Total Workers 610 454 156
Main Worker 42 - -
Marginal Worker 568 419 149

Caste Factor

Meharpur village of Banka has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.97 % 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, 610 were engaged in work activities. 6.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 610 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.