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Phalhanwan Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Phalhanwan is a medium size village located in Harnaut Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 256 families residing. The Phalhanwan village has population of 1700 of which 885 are males while 815 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Phalhanwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 339 which makes up 19.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Phalhanwan village is 921 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Phalhanwan as per census is 982, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Phalhanwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Phalhanwan village was 52.24 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Phalhanwan Male literacy stands at 65.13 % while female literacy rate was 38.02 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Phalhanwan 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 Phalhanwan village.

Phalhanwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 256 - -
Population 1,700 885 815
Child (0-6) 339 171 168
Schedule Caste 675 348 327
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.24 % 65.13 % 38.02 %
Total Workers 589 399 190
Main Worker 436 - -
Marginal Worker 153 111 42

Caste Factor

In Phalhanwan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.71 % of total population in Phalhanwan village. The village Phalhanwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Phalhanwan village out of total population, 589 were engaged in work activities. 74.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 589 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 308 were Agricultural labourer.