Bahour Population, Caste, Working Data Puducherry, Puducherry - Census 2011

Bahour is a village situated in Bahour Taluk commune panchayat of Puducherry district in Puducherry. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 2,669 families residing in the village Bahour. The total population of Bahour is 10,927 out of which 5,406 are males and 5,521 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Bahour is 1,021.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Bahour village is 1119 which is 10% of the total population. There are 581 male children and 538 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Bahour is 926 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,021) of Bahour village.

Population
10,927
Families
2,669
Literacy
80.53%
Sex Ratio
1,021

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Bahour is 80.5%. Thus Bahour village has higher literacy rate compared to 76.5% of Puducherry district. The male literacy rate is 87.71% and the female literacy rate is 73.57% in Bahour village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Bahour village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Bahour Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Bahour village.

Total Male Female
Children 1,119 581 538
Literacy 80.53% 87.71% 73.57%
Scheduled Caste 2,234 1,089 1,145
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 3,029 1,174 1,855

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.4% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Bahour village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Bahour village out of total population, 3,840 were engaged in work activities. 94.2% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.8% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3,840 workers engaged in Main Work, 316 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1,101 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 3,616 2,787 829
Cultivators 316 304 12
Agriculture Labourer 1,101 698 403
Household Industries 35 23 12
Other Workers 2,164 1,762 402
Marginal Workers 224 148 76
Non Working 7,087 2,471 4,616

Nearby Villages to Bahour,

Below are the list of villages near Bahour village in Bahour Taluk.

Village Population
Irulansandy 1,670
Manapattu 8,227
Manamedu 2,345
Outchimedu 3,959
Karaiyambuthur 4,518
Parikalpet 3,835
Kaduvanur 819
Kuruvinatham 7,289
Seliamedu 5,984
Pillaiarkuppam 5,309

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