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Harpur Population - Buxar, Bihar

Harpur is a medium size village located in Itarhi Block of Buxar district, Bihar with total 281 families residing. The Harpur village has population of 1843 of which 936 are males while 907 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 307 which makes up 16.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harpur village is 969 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Harpur as per census is 931, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Harpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Harpur village was 71.94 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Harpur Male literacy stands at 85.07 % while female literacy rate was 58.50 %.

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

Harpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 281 - -
Population 1,843 936 907
Child (0-6) 307 159 148
Schedule Caste 168 80 88
Schedule Tribe 32 15 17
Literacy 71.94 % 85.07 % 58.50 %
Total Workers 541 453 88
Main Worker 537 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.12 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.74 % of total population in Harpur village.

Work Profile

In Harpur village out of total population, 541 were engaged in work activities. 99.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 541 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 389 were Agricultural labourer.