Sahawa Population - Purnia, Bihar

Sahawa is a medium size village located in Purnia East Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 106 families residing. The Sahawa village has population of 530 of which 273 are males while 257 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 113 which makes up 21.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahawa village is 941 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahawa as per census is 1173, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sahawa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahawa village was 47.48 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sahawa Male literacy stands at 58.82 % while female literacy rate was 34.69 %.

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

Sahawa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	106	-	-
Population	530	273	257
Child (0-6)	113	52	61
Schedule Caste	173	92	81
Schedule Tribe	158	77	81
Literacy	47.48 %	58.82 %	34.69 %
Total Workers	189	146	43
Main Worker	47	-	-
Marginal Worker	142	102	40

Caste Factor

In Sahawa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 29.81 % of total population in Sahawa village.

Work Profile

In Sahawa village out of total population, 189 were engaged in work activities. 24.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 189 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.