Katkenwa Population, Caste, Working Data Purba Champaran, Bihar - Census 2011

Katkenwa is a village situated in Adapur block of Purba Champaran district in Bihar. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 467 families residing in the village Katkenwa. The total population of Katkenwa is 2,549 out of which 1,378 are males and 1,171 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Katkenwa is 850.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Katkenwa village is 546 which is 21% of the total population. There are 277 male children and 269 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Katkenwa is 971 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (850) of Katkenwa village.

Population
2,549
Families
467
Literacy
44.48%
Sex Ratio
850

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Katkenwa is 44.5%. Thus Katkenwa village has lower literacy rate compared to 44.7% of Purba Champaran district. The male literacy rate is 56.68% and the female literacy rate is 29.6% in Katkenwa village.

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

Katkenwa Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 546 277 269
Literacy 44.48% 56.68% 29.6%
Scheduled Caste 358 181 177
Scheduled Tribe 1 0 1
Illiterate 1,658 754 904

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Katkenwa village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Katkenwa village out of total population, 1,100 were engaged in work activities. 87.8% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.2% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,100 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 878 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 966 651 315
Cultivators 61 51 10
Agriculture Labourer 878 581 297
Household Industries 4 4 0
Other Workers 23 15 8
Marginal Workers 134 36 98
Non Working 1,449 691 758

Nearby Villages to Katkenwa,

Below are the list of villages near Katkenwa village in Adapur.

Village Population
Gamhariya Khurd 2,981
Kanunia 1,849
Bhawnari 2,117
Dhabdhabwa 3,857
Latiahi 4,092
Koraia 5,157
Anhara 7,747
Pach Pokharia 2,491
Birta Tola 761
Kurminia 2,577

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