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Amwa Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Amwa is a medium size village located in Paharpur Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 289 families residing. The Amwa village has population of 1672 of which 923 are males while 749 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 321 which makes up 19.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amwa village is 811 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Amwa as per census is 877, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Amwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Amwa village was 54.11 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Amwa Male literacy stands at 63.03 % while female literacy rate was 42.90 %.

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 289 - -
Population 1,672 923 749
Child (0-6) 321 171 150
Schedule Caste 41 20 21
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.11 % 63.03 % 42.90 %
Total Workers 511 415 96
Main Worker 191 - -
Marginal Worker 320 235 85

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.45 % 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, 511 were engaged in work activities. 37.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 511 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 92 were Agricultural labourer.