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Garaya Population - Bhojpur, Bihar

Garaya is a medium size village located in Shahpur Block of Bhojpur district, Bihar with total 213 families residing. The Garaya village has population of 1210 of which 659 are males while 551 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garaya village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 13.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garaya village is 836 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Garaya as per census is 988, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Garaya village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Garaya village was 70.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Garaya Male literacy stands at 86.93 % while female literacy rate was 50.75 %.

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

Garaya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 213 - -
Population 1,210 659 551
Child (0-6) 169 85 84
Schedule Caste 548 289 259
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 70.70 % 86.93 % 50.75 %
Total Workers 363 255 108
Main Worker 48 - -
Marginal Worker 315 220 95

Caste Factor

In Garaya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.29 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.08 % of total population in Garaya village.

Work Profile

In Garaya village out of total population, 363 were engaged in work activities. 13.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 363 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.