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Mahgawan Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Mahgawan is a large village located in Colgong Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 482 families residing. The Mahgawan village has population of 2284 of which 1156 are males while 1128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahgawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 479 which makes up 20.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahgawan village is 976 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahgawan as per census is 1083, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Mahgawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahgawan village was 37.17 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Mahgawan Male literacy stands at 47.30 % while female literacy rate was 26.51 %.

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

Mahgawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 482 - -
Population 2,284 1,156 1,128
Child (0-6) 479 230 249
Schedule Caste 938 471 467
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 37.17 % 47.30 % 26.51 %
Total Workers 1,005 528 477
Main Worker 355 - -
Marginal Worker 650 205 445

Caste Factor

In Mahgawan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.07 % of total population in Mahgawan village. The village Mahgawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahgawan village out of total population, 1005 were engaged in work activities. 35.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1005 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 305 were Agricultural labourer.