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Jhauwa Population - Katihar, Bihar

Jhauwa is a medium size village located in Pranpur Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 256 families residing. The Jhauwa village has population of 1234 of which 669 are males while 565 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhauwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 17.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhauwa village is 845 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhauwa as per census is 896, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jhauwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhauwa village was 56.20 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhauwa Male literacy stands at 63.90 % while female literacy rate was 46.97 %.

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 256 - -
Population 1,234 669 565
Child (0-6) 218 115 103
Schedule Caste 83 48 35
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.20 % 63.90 % 46.97 %
Total Workers 460 318 142
Main Worker 330 - -
Marginal Worker 130 15 115

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.73 % of total population in Jhauwa village. The village Jhauwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhauwa village out of total population, 460 were engaged in work activities. 71.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 460 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 214 were Agricultural labourer.