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Barawan Population - Gaya, Bihar

Barawan is a large village located in Sherghati Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 514 families residing. The Barawan village has population of 3194 of which 1666 are males while 1528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 609 which makes up 19.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barawan village is 917 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Barawan as per census is 1017, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Barawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Barawan village was 75.44 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Barawan Male literacy stands at 81.01 % while female literacy rate was 69.21 %.

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

Barawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 514 - -
Population 3,194 1,666 1,528
Child (0-6) 609 302 307
Schedule Caste 910 455 455
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.44 % 81.01 % 69.21 %
Total Workers 1,052 788 264
Main Worker 339 - -
Marginal Worker 713 497 216

Caste Factor

Barawan village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.49 % of total population in Barawan village. The village Barawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barawan village out of total population, 1052 were engaged in work activities. 32.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1052 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 171 were Agricultural labourer.