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Gadhgawan Population - Araria, Bihar

Gadhgawan is a large village located in Narpatganj Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 449 families residing. The Gadhgawan village has population of 2212 of which 1175 are males while 1037 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gadhgawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 337 which makes up 15.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gadhgawan village is 883 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gadhgawan as per census is 994, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Gadhgawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gadhgawan village was 46.88 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gadhgawan Male literacy stands at 52.78 % while female literacy rate was 40.05 %.

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

Gadhgawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 449 - -
Population 2,212 1,175 1,037
Child (0-6) 337 169 168
Schedule Caste 459 260 199
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 46.88 % 52.78 % 40.05 %
Total Workers 1,038 534 504
Main Worker 809 - -
Marginal Worker 229 17 212

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.75 % of total population in Gadhgawan village. The village Gadhgawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gadhgawan village out of total population, 1038 were engaged in work activities. 77.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1038 workers engaged in Main Work, 176 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 478 were Agricultural labourer.