Sahwa Population, Caste, Working Data Saran, Bihar - Census 2011

Sahwa is a village situated in Ishupur block of Saran district in Bihar. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 908 families residing in the village Sahwa. The total population of Sahwa is 5,872 out of which 2,941 are males and 2,931 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Sahwa is 997.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Sahwa village is 1030 which is 18% of the total population. There are 547 male children and 483 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Sahwa is 883 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (997) of Sahwa village.

Population
5,872
Families
908
Literacy
62.06%
Sex Ratio
997

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sahwa is 62.1%. Thus Sahwa village has higher literacy rate compared to 54.6% of Saran district. The male literacy rate is 71.93% and the female literacy rate is 52.41% in Sahwa village.

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

Sahwa Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 1,030 547 483
Literacy 62.06% 71.93% 52.41%
Scheduled Caste 1,405 721 684
Scheduled Tribe 6 3 3
Illiterate 2,867 1,219 1,648

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.9% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.1% of total population in Sahwa village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Sahwa village out of total population, 1,263 were engaged in work activities. 42.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,263 workers engaged in Main Work, 310 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 169 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 536 508 28
Cultivators 310 297 13
Agriculture Labourer 169 161 8
Household Industries 5 5 0
Other Workers 52 45 7
Marginal Workers 727 676 51
Non Working 4,609 1,757 2,852

Nearby Villages to Sahwa,

Below are the list of villages near Sahwa village in Ishupur.

Village Population
Nawada 3,175
Salempur 3,503
gangoi 2,080
Nipanian 4,674
Chanpurwa 2,652
Jerha 4,366
Bhagwanpur 1,510
Agauthar Sundar 3,510
Piarepur 3,500
Agauthar Nanda 2,702

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