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Kurwa Population - Araria, Bihar

Kurwa is a medium size village located in Forbesganj Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 180 families residing. The Kurwa village has population of 900 of which 463 are males while 437 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 18.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurwa village is 944 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurwa as per census is 953, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Kurwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurwa village was 67.30 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Kurwa Male literacy stands at 78.84 % while female literacy rate was 55.06 %.

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

Kurwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 180 - -
Population 900 463 437
Child (0-6) 166 85 81
Schedule Caste 38 21 17
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.30 % 78.84 % 55.06 %
Total Workers 274 213 61
Main Worker 257 - -
Marginal Worker 17 0 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.22 % of total population in Kurwa village. The village Kurwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kurwa village out of total population, 274 were engaged in work activities. 93.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 274 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 99 were Agricultural labourer.