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Chiganwa Population - Sitamarhi, Bihar

Chiganwa is a medium size village located in Parihar Block of Sitamarhi district, Bihar with total 266 families residing. The Chiganwa village has population of 1196 of which 626 are males while 570 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chiganwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 257 which makes up 21.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chiganwa village is 911 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chiganwa as per census is 1107, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Chiganwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chiganwa village was 32.48 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chiganwa Male literacy stands at 41.07 % while female literacy rate was 22.53 %.

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

Chiganwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 266 - -
Population 1,196 626 570
Child (0-6) 257 122 135
Schedule Caste 63 36 27
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 32.48 % 41.07 % 22.53 %
Total Workers 359 322 37
Main Worker 349 - -
Marginal Worker 10 9 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.27 % of total population in Chiganwa village. The village Chiganwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chiganwa village out of total population, 359 were engaged in work activities. 97.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 359 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 309 were Agricultural labourer.