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Chawa Population - Gaya, Bihar

Chawa is a medium size village located in Mohanpur Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 139 families residing. The Chawa village has population of 779 of which 376 are males while 403 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 22.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chawa village is 1072 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chawa as per census is 1465, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Chawa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chawa village was 49.67 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chawa Male literacy stands at 58.36 % while female literacy rate was 40.80 %.

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

Chawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 139 - -
Population 779 376 403
Child (0-6) 175 71 104
Schedule Caste 513 249 264
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.67 % 58.36 % 40.80 %
Total Workers 216 207 9
Main Worker 57 - -
Marginal Worker 159 151 8

Caste Factor

In Chawa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.85 % of total population in Chawa village. The village Chawa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chawa village out of total population, 216 were engaged in work activities. 26.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 216 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.