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Jhauwa Population - Purnia, Bihar

Jhauwa is a small village located in Dagarua Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 32 families residing. The Jhauwa village has population of 134 of which 72 are males while 62 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhauwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 11.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhauwa village is 861 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhauwa as per census is 1286, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jhauwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhauwa village was 65.25 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhauwa Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 41.51 %.

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

Jhauwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 32 - -
Population 134 72 62
Child (0-6) 16 7 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.25 % 84.62 % 41.51 %
Total Workers 59 41 18
Main Worker 26 - -
Marginal Worker 33 16 17

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Jhauwa village of Purnia district.

Work Profile

In Jhauwa village out of total population, 59 were engaged in work activities. 44.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 59 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.