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Dewara Population - Sheikhpura, Bihar

Dewara is a medium size village located in Sheikhpura Block of Sheikhpura district, Bihar with total 127 families residing. The Dewara village has population of 955 of which 482 are males while 473 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewara village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 19.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewara village is 981 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewara as per census is 1044, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Dewara village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewara village was 53.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dewara Male literacy stands at 67.86 % while female literacy rate was 39.05 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Dewara village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Dewara village.

Dewara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 955 482 473
Child (0-6) 184 90 94
Schedule Caste 242 122 120
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.70 % 67.86 % 39.05 %
Total Workers 314 242 72
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 143 81 62

Caste Factor

Dewara village of Sheikhpura has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.34 % of total population in Dewara village. The village Dewara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dewara village out of total population, 314 were engaged in work activities. 54.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 314 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.