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Jaswa Population - Purnia, Bihar

Jaswa is a medium size village located in Dagarua Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 205 families residing. The Jaswa village has population of 972 of which 508 are males while 464 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jaswa village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 20.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jaswa village is 913 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jaswa as per census is 1010, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jaswa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jaswa village was 47.61 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jaswa Male literacy stands at 57.80 % while female literacy rate was 36.16 %.

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

Jaswa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 972 508 464
Child (0-6) 197 98 99
Schedule Caste 106 59 47
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.61 % 57.80 % 36.16 %
Total Workers 306 268 38
Main Worker 19 - -
Marginal Worker 287 253 34

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.91 % of total population in Jaswa village. The village Jaswa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jaswa village out of total population, 306 were engaged in work activities. 6.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 306 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.