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Amwa Population - Gopalganj, Bihar

Amwa is a medium size village located in Katiya Block of Gopalganj district, Bihar with total 222 families residing. The Amwa village has population of 1421 of which 671 are males while 750 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 243 which makes up 17.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amwa village is 1118 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Amwa as per census is 1008, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Amwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Amwa village was 59.93 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Amwa Male literacy stands at 72.00 % while female literacy rate was 49.36 %.

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

Amwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 222 - -
Population 1,421 671 750
Child (0-6) 243 121 122
Schedule Caste 126 61 65
Schedule Tribe 42 23 19
Literacy 59.93 % 72.00 % 49.36 %
Total Workers 337 287 50
Main Worker 272 - -
Marginal Worker 65 44 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.87 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.96 % of total population in Amwa village.

Work Profile

In Amwa village out of total population, 337 were engaged in work activities. 80.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 337 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 121 were Agricultural labourer.