Arrah Block Population, Caste, Religion Data - Bhojpur district, Bihar
Arrah Block of Bhojpur district has total population of 462,618 as per the Census 2011. Out of which 245,242 are males while 217,376 are females. In 2011 there were total 68,857 families residing in Arrah Block. The Average Sex Ratio of Arrah Block is 886.
As per Census 2011 out of total population, 56.5% people lives in Urban areas while 43.5% lives in the Rural areas. The average literacy rate in urban areas is 81.2% while that in the rural areas is 69.9%. Also the Sex Ratio of Urban areas in Arrah Block is 883% while that of Rural areas is 890.
The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Arrah Block is 71843 which is 16% of the total population. There are 37955 male children and 33888 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Arrah Block is 893 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 886 ) of Arrah Block.
The total literacy rate of Arrah Block is 76.37%. The male literacy rate is 71.66% and the female literacy rate is 56.45% in Arrah Block.
To facilitate the administration, Arrah Block is further divided into 1 town and 115 villages.
Arrah Block Data
As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Arrah Block.
Total | Male | Female | |
---|---|---|---|
Children (Age 0-6) | 71,843 | 37,955 | 33,888 |
Literacy | 76.37% | 71.66% | 56.45% |
Scheduled Caste | 60,939 | 32,316 | 28,623 |
Scheduled Tribe | 2,834 | 1,499 | 1,335 |
Illiterate | 164,180 | 69,511 | 94,669 |
Caste-wise Population - Arrah Block
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.6% of total population in Arrah Block of .
Total | Male | Female | |
---|---|---|---|
Schedule Caste | 60,939 | 32,316 | 28,623 |
Schedule Tribe | 2,834 | 1,499 | 1,335 |
Religion-wise Population - Arrah Block
Religion | Total | Male | Female | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hindu | 408,944 | (88.4%) | 217,284 | 191,660 |
Muslim | 50,730 | (10.97%) | 26,465 | 24,265 |
Christian | 422 | (0.09%) | 217 | 205 |
Sikh | 317 | (0.07%) | 167 | 150 |
Buddhist | 53 | (0.01%) | 21 | 32 |
Jain | 1,186 | (0.26%) | 588 | 598 |
Other Religion | 16 | (0%) | 7 | 9 |
No Religion Specified | 950 | (0.21%) | 493 | 457 |
Literacy Rate - Arrah Block
Average literacy rate of Arrah Block in 2011 were 76.37% in which, male and female literacy were 84.78% and 66.87% respectively. Total literate in Arrah Block were 298,438 of which male and female were 175,731 and 122,707 respectively.
Sex Ratio - Arrah Block
The Sex Ratio of Arrah Block is 886 . Thus for every 1000 men there were 886 females in Arrah Block. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 893 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 886 ) of Arrah Block.
Child Population - Arrah Block
According to Census 2011, there were 71,843 children between age 0 to 6 years in Arrah Block. Out of which 71,843 were male while 71,843 were female.
Urban/Rural Population - Arrah Block
As per Census 2011, there are total 39,274 families under Arrah Block living in urban areas while 39,274 families are living within Rural areas. Thus around 56.5% of total population of Arrah Block lives in Urban areas while 43.5% lives under Rural areas. Population of children (0 - 6 years) in urban region is 36,499 while that in rural region is 35,344.
Total | Urban | Rural | |
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Population | 462,618 | 261,430 | 201,188 |
Children (0 - 6 years) | 71,843 | 36,499 | 35,344 |
Schedule Caste | 60,939 | 25,474 | 35,465 |
Schedule Tribe | 2,834 | 956 | 1,878 |
Literacy | 76.37% | 81.15% | 69.88% |
Sex Ratio | 886 | 883 | 890 |
Working Population - Arrah Block
In Arrah Block out of total population, 120,319 were engaged in work activities. 73.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120,319 workers engaged in Main Work, 13,363 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17,408 were Agricultural labourer.
Total | Male | Female | |
---|---|---|---|
Main Workers | 88,888 | 79,711 | 9,177 |
Cultivators | 13,363 | 12,584 | 779 |
Agriculture Labourer | 17,408 | 14,954 | 2,454 |
Household Industries | 4,337 | 3,763 | 574 |
Other Workers | 53,780 | 48,410 | 5,370 |
Marginal Workers | 31,431 | 23,231 | 8,200 |
Non Working | 342,299 | 142,300 | 199,999 |
Reference
- Census 2011 Data - censusindia.gov.in
- Arrah, Bihar - Wikipedia