Maricha Population, Caste, Working Data Supaul, Bihar - Census 2011

Maricha is a village situated in Supaul block of Supaul district in Bihar. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 912 families residing in the village Maricha. The total population of Maricha is 4,349 out of which 2,263 are males and 2,086 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Maricha is 922.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Maricha village is 1031 which is 24% of the total population. There are 523 male children and 508 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Maricha is 971 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (922) of Maricha village.

Population
4,349
Families
912
Literacy
51.05%
Sex Ratio
922

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Maricha is 51.1%. Thus Maricha village has higher literacy rate compared to 46.4% of Supaul district. The male literacy rate is 63.74% and the female literacy rate is 37.07% in Maricha village.

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

Maricha Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 1,031 523 508
Literacy 51.05% 63.74% 37.07%
Scheduled Caste 367 201 166
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 2,655 1,154 1,501

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.4% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Maricha village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Maricha village out of total population, 1,240 were engaged in work activities. 67.8% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.2% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,240 workers engaged in Main Work, 366 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 410 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 841 754 87
Cultivators 366 338 28
Agriculture Labourer 410 366 44
Household Industries 13 11 2
Other Workers 52 39 13
Marginal Workers 399 240 159
Non Working 3,109 1,269 1,840

Nearby Villages to Maricha,

Below are the list of villages near Maricha village in Supaul.

Village Population
Chandail 2,115
Parsauni 2,164
Gopalpur Khurd 563
Bijalpur 2,200
Gopalpur Siri 3,578
Bakaur 3,707
Telwa 10,269
Sihe 2,299
Baspiti 10,686
Kalapatti 497

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