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Sowal Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sowal is a medium size village located in Tikari Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 316 families residing. The Sowal village has population of 1812 of which 985 are males while 827 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 349 which makes up 19.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sowal village is 840 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sowal as per census is 907, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sowal village was 65.62 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sowal Male literacy stands at 74.94 % while female literacy rate was 54.31 %.

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

Sowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 316 - -
Population 1,812 985 827
Child (0-6) 349 183 166
Schedule Caste 547 284 263
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.62 % 74.94 % 54.31 %
Total Workers 807 484 323
Main Worker 605 - -
Marginal Worker 202 140 62

Caste Factor

Sowal village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.19 % of total population in Sowal village. The village Sowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sowal village out of total population, 807 were engaged in work activities. 74.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 807 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 546 were Agricultural labourer.