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Parwa Population - Katihar, Bihar

Parwa is a medium size village located in Balrampur Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 256 families residing. The Parwa village has population of 1151 of which 598 are males while 553 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 19.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parwa village is 925 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Parwa as per census is 1111, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Parwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Parwa village was 46.80 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Parwa Male literacy stands at 54.29 % while female literacy rate was 38.34 %.

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

Parwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 256 - -
Population 1,151 598 553
Child (0-6) 228 108 120
Schedule Caste 96 46 50
Schedule Tribe 46 25 21
Literacy 46.80 % 54.29 % 38.34 %
Total Workers 430 268 162
Main Worker 190 - -
Marginal Worker 240 97 143

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.34 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.00 % of total population in Parwa village.

Work Profile

In Parwa village out of total population, 430 were engaged in work activities. 44.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 430 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 146 were Agricultural labourer.