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Gajra Population - Nawada, Bihar

Gajra is a medium size village located in Narhat Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 255 families residing. The Gajra village has population of 1958 of which 1010 are males while 948 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajra village population of children with age 0-6 is 341 which makes up 17.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajra village is 939 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajra as per census is 758, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Gajra village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajra village was 69.51 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gajra Male literacy stands at 80.15 % while female literacy rate was 58.68 %.

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

Gajra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 255 - -
Population 1,958 1,010 948
Child (0-6) 341 194 147
Schedule Caste 457 226 231
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.51 % 80.15 % 58.68 %
Total Workers 639 482 157
Main Worker 228 - -
Marginal Worker 411 296 115

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.34 % of total population in Gajra village. The village Gajra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gajra village out of total population, 639 were engaged in work activities. 35.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 639 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 154 were Agricultural labourer.