Country India District Samastipur Population 2,799 (2011) | State Bihar Block Pusa ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | |
Harpur Pusa is small village located in Pusa Block of Samastipur district, Bihar with total 417 families residing. The Harpur Pusa village has population of 2799 of which 1431 are males while 1368 are females as per Population Census 2011. In Harpur Pusa village population of children with age 0-6 is 1888 which makes up 16.73% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harpur Pusa village is 898 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Harpur Pusa as per census is 942, higher than Bihar average of 935. Harpur Pusa village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Harpur Pusa village was 73.12% compared to 61.80% of Bihar. In Harpur Pusa Male literacy stands at 84.86% while female literacy rate was 59.91%. As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Harpur Pusa village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Harpur Kalan village out of total population, 1838 were engaged in work activities. 63.82% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.18% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1838 workers engaged in Main Work, 427 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 610 were Agricultural labourer.