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Amwa Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Amwa is a large village located in Ghorasahan Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 1009 families residing. The Amwa village has population of 5670 of which 2973 are males while 2697 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 1177 which makes up 20.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amwa village is 907 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Amwa as per census is 975, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Amwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Amwa village was 53.66 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Amwa Male literacy stands at 65.54 % while female literacy rate was 40.31 %.

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 1,009 - -
Population 5,670 2,973 2,697
Child (0-6) 1,177 596 581
Schedule Caste 644 333 311
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.66 % 65.54 % 40.31 %
Total Workers 1,870 1,389 481
Main Worker 1,365 - -
Marginal Worker 505 269 236

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.36 % 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, 1870 were engaged in work activities. 72.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1870 workers engaged in Main Work, 316 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 750 were Agricultural labourer.