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Karharia Population - Banka, Bihar

Karharia is a medium size village located in Shambhuganj Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 225 families residing. The Karharia village has population of 1158 of which 604 are males while 554 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 17.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karharia village is 917 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Karharia as per census is 961, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Karharia village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Karharia village was 71.29 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Karharia Male literacy stands at 81.87 % while female literacy rate was 59.65 %.

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

Karharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,158 604 554
Child (0-6) 200 102 98
Schedule Caste 447 225 222
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.29 % 81.87 % 59.65 %
Total Workers 329 274 55
Main Worker 70 - -
Marginal Worker 259 211 48

Caste Factor

In Karharia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.60 % of total population in Karharia village. The village Karharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karharia village out of total population, 329 were engaged in work activities. 21.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 329 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.