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Sowa Population - Katihar, Bihar

Sowa is a medium size village located in Manihari Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 361 families residing. The Sowa village has population of 1965 of which 1029 are males while 936 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sowa village population of children with age 0-6 is 433 which makes up 22.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sowa village is 910 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sowa as per census is 942, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sowa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sowa village was 59.73 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sowa Male literacy stands at 69.48 % while female literacy rate was 48.90 %.

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

Sowa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 361 - -
Population 1,965 1,029 936
Child (0-6) 433 223 210
Schedule Caste 155 82 73
Schedule Tribe 1,305 676 629
Literacy 59.73 % 69.48 % 48.90 %
Total Workers 894 520 374
Main Worker 147 - -
Marginal Worker 747 398 349

Caste Factor

In Sowa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 66.41 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.89 % of total population in Sowa village.

Work Profile

In Sowa village out of total population, 894 were engaged in work activities. 16.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 894 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.