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Riga Population - Banka, Bihar

Riga is a medium size village located in Banka Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 257 families residing. The Riga village has population of 1243 of which 648 are males while 595 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Riga village population of children with age 0-6 is 262 which makes up 21.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Riga village is 918 which is equal than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Riga as per census is 770, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Riga village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Riga village was 69.11 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Riga Male literacy stands at 80.40 % while female literacy rate was 57.38 %.

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

Riga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,243 648 595
Child (0-6) 262 148 114
Schedule Caste 590 304 286
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 69.11 % 80.40 % 57.38 %
Total Workers 330 272 58
Main Worker 212 - -
Marginal Worker 118 69 49

Caste Factor

In Riga village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.47 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.16 % of total population in Riga village.

Work Profile

In Riga village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 64.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.