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Gopalganj villages

Bihar · Gopalganj · Kuchaikote

Purkhas

3,403
people at the 2011 Census · 1,634 male, 1,769 female

Population

Population
3,403India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
61.29%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
76.28%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
47.71%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
28.57 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1083 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
994 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
19.16%India 13.59%
SC %
6.23%India 16.63%
ST %
4.76%India 8.63%
Household
6.14India 4.85

Work

Workers
25.27%India 39.80%
Female Work
10.23%India 25.52%
Main Workers
76.40%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
74.73%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.

Purkhas in context

With 3,403 people at the 2011 Census, Purkhas was the 162nd most populous of its district's 1534 villages, above the district average of 1,564.

The sex ratio was 1083 women per 1,000 men (58 above the district's rural figure of 1025) — one of the minority of villages where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 994, 71 above the rural national 923.