Meharpur Population - Gaya, Bihar

Meharpur is a medium size village located in Fatehpur Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 104 families residing. The Meharpur village has population of 766 of which 373 are males while 393 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 17.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meharpur village is 1054 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Meharpur as per census is 1095, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Meharpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Meharpur village was 61.99 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Meharpur Male literacy stands at 71.61 % while female literacy rate was 52.78 %.

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

Meharpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	104	-	-
Population	766	373	393
Child (0-6)	132	63	69
Schedule Caste	394	197	197
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	61.99 %	71.61 %	52.78 %
Total Workers	333	179	154
Main Worker	230	-	-
Marginal Worker	103	33	70

Caste Factor

In Meharpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.44 % of total population in Meharpur village. The village Meharpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meharpur village out of total population, 333 were engaged in work activities. 69.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 333 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 209 were Agricultural labourer.