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Amwa Population - Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Amwa is a medium size village located in Gorakhpur Tehsil of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 283 families residing. The Amwa village has population of 1675 of which 837 are males while 838 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 10.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amwa village is 1001 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Amwa as per census is 914, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Amwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Amwa village was 69.87 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Amwa Male literacy stands at 86.56 % while female literacy rate was 53.39 %.

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 283 - -
Population 1,675 837 838
Child (0-6) 178 93 85
Schedule Caste 237 105 132
Schedule Tribe 6 4 2
Literacy 69.87 % 86.56 % 53.39 %
Total Workers 814 418 396
Main Worker 493 - -
Marginal Worker 321 93 228

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.15 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.36 % of total population in Amwa village.

Work Profile

In Amwa village out of total population, 814 were engaged in work activities. 60.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 814 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 252 were Agricultural labourer.