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Amwa Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Amwa is a medium size village located in Kotwa Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 324 families residing. The Amwa village has population of 1798 of which 970 are males while 828 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 384 which makes up 21.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amwa village is 854 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Amwa as per census is 910, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Amwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Amwa village was 57.99 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Amwa Male literacy stands at 69.57 % while female literacy rate was 44.19 %.

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 324 - -
Population 1,798 970 828
Child (0-6) 384 201 183
Schedule Caste 688 375 313
Schedule Tribe 6 2 4
Literacy 57.99 % 69.57 % 44.19 %
Total Workers 731 474 257
Main Worker 670 - -
Marginal Worker 61 41 20

Caste Factor

In Amwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.26 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.33 % of total population in Amwa village.

Work Profile

In Amwa village out of total population, 731 were engaged in work activities. 91.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 731 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 426 were Agricultural labourer.