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Amwa Population - Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Amwa is a large village located in Gorakhpur Tehsil of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 402 families residing. The Amwa village has population of 2426 of which 1243 are males while 1183 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 414 which makes up 17.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amwa village is 952 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Amwa as per census is 1102, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Amwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Amwa village was 60.44 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Amwa Male literacy stands at 72.66 % while female literacy rate was 47.20 %.

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

Amwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 402 - -
Population 2,426 1,243 1,183
Child (0-6) 414 197 217
Schedule Caste 823 431 392
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.44 % 72.66 % 47.20 %
Total Workers 751 596 155
Main Worker 615 - -
Marginal Worker 136 100 36

Caste Factor

Amwa village of Gorakhpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.92 % of total population in Amwa village. The village Amwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Amwa village out of total population, 751 were engaged in work activities. 81.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 751 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 182 were Agricultural labourer.