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Chanwath Population - Buxar, Bihar

Chanwath is a large village located in Nawanagar Block of Buxar district, Bihar with total 531 families residing. The Chanwath village has population of 3496 of which 1773 are males while 1723 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanwath village population of children with age 0-6 is 548 which makes up 15.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanwath village is 972 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanwath as per census is 943, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Chanwath village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanwath village was 69.88 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chanwath Male literacy stands at 87.86 % while female literacy rate was 51.48 %.

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

Chanwath Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 531 - -
Population 3,496 1,773 1,723
Child (0-6) 548 282 266
Schedule Caste 510 269 241
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.88 % 87.86 % 51.48 %
Total Workers 1,319 816 503
Main Worker 557 - -
Marginal Worker 762 391 371

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.59 % of total population in Chanwath village. The village Chanwath currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chanwath village out of total population, 1319 were engaged in work activities. 42.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1319 workers engaged in Main Work, 346 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 158 were Agricultural labourer.