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Pawai Population - Banka, Bihar

Pawai is a large village located in Amarpur Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 1502 families residing. The Pawai village has population of 7881 of which 4120 are males while 3761 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pawai village population of children with age 0-6 is 1708 which makes up 21.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pawai village is 913 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pawai as per census is 911, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Pawai village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pawai village was 51.34 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pawai Male literacy stands at 58.96 % while female literacy rate was 42.99 %.

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

Pawai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,502 - -
Population 7,881 4,120 3,761
Child (0-6) 1,708 894 814
Schedule Caste 1,146 602 544
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 51.34 % 58.96 % 42.99 %
Total Workers 2,839 1,897 942
Main Worker 1,528 - -
Marginal Worker 1,311 777 534

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.54 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.01 % of total population in Pawai village.

Work Profile

In Pawai village out of total population, 2839 were engaged in work activities. 53.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2839 workers engaged in Main Work, 230 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 858 were Agricultural labourer.