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Bhagalpur villages

Bihar · Bhagalpur · Shahkund

Purani Kherhi

1,942
people at the 2011 Census · 1,020 male, 922 female

Population

Population
1,942India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
33.42%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
40.46%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
25.55%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
14.91 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
904 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
941 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
20.19%India 13.59%
SC %
64.68%India 16.63%
ST %
0.00%India 8.63%
Household
5.92India 4.85

Work

Workers
43.15%India 39.80%
Female Work
40.78%India 25.52%
Main Workers
45.35%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
56.85%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Purani Kherhi in context

With 1,942 people at the 2011 Census, Purani Kherhi was the 347th most populous of its district's 1515 villages, above the district average of 1,607.

Literacy stood at 33.42%, 26.4 points below the district's rural average of 59.84%.

43.1% of the population were recorded as workers, 10.1 points above the district's rural rate.