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Kanhwa Population - Sitamarhi, Bihar

Kanhwa is a large village located in Parihar Block of Sitamarhi district, Bihar with total 2526 families residing. The Kanhwa village has population of 13203 of which 6900 are males while 6303 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanhwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 2680 which makes up 20.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanhwa village is 913 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanhwa as per census is 948, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Kanhwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanhwa village was 40.19 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Kanhwa Male literacy stands at 47.90 % while female literacy rate was 31.67 %.

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

Kanhwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,526 - -
Population 13,203 6,900 6,303
Child (0-6) 2,680 1,376 1,304
Schedule Caste 293 158 135
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 40.19 % 47.90 % 31.67 %
Total Workers 4,383 3,381 1,002
Main Worker 3,115 - -
Marginal Worker 1,268 777 491

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.22 % of total population in Kanhwa village. The village Kanhwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanhwa village out of total population, 4383 were engaged in work activities. 71.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4383 workers engaged in Main Work, 1032 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1610 were Agricultural labourer.