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Sauwan Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Sauwan is a medium size village located in Chandi Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 85 families residing. The Sauwan village has population of 479 of which 246 are males while 233 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sauwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 14.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sauwan village is 947 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sauwan as per census is 744, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sauwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sauwan village was 65.21 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sauwan Male literacy stands at 71.98 % while female literacy rate was 58.33 %.

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

Sauwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 479 246 233
Child (0-6) 68 39 29
Schedule Caste 4 1 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.21 % 71.98 % 58.33 %
Total Workers 248 128 120
Main Worker 173 - -
Marginal Worker 75 14 61

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.84 % of total population in Sauwan village. The village Sauwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sauwan village out of total population, 248 were engaged in work activities. 69.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 248 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.