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Purahra Population - Aurangabad, Bihar

Purahra is a medium size village located in Nabinagar Block of Aurangabad district, Bihar with total 139 families residing. The Purahra village has population of 834 of which 451 are males while 383 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purahra village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 13.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purahra village is 849 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Purahra as per census is 966, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Purahra village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Purahra village was 67.13 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Purahra Male literacy stands at 76.28 % while female literacy rate was 56.13 %.

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

Purahra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 139 - -
Population 834 451 383
Child (0-6) 116 59 57
Schedule Caste 227 127 100
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.13 % 76.28 % 56.13 %
Total Workers 184 174 10
Main Worker 47 - -
Marginal Worker 137 130 7

Caste Factor

Purahra village of Aurangabad has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.22 % of total population in Purahra village. The village Purahra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purahra village out of total population, 184 were engaged in work activities. 25.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 184 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.