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Jhanwan Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Jhanwan is a large village located in Noorsarai Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 603 families residing. The Jhanwan village has population of 3586 of which 1896 are males while 1690 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhanwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 588 which makes up 16.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhanwan village is 891 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhanwan as per census is 953, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jhanwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhanwan village was 67.91 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhanwan Male literacy stands at 79.37 % while female literacy rate was 54.88 %.

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

Jhanwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 603 - -
Population 3,586 1,896 1,690
Child (0-6) 588 301 287
Schedule Caste 864 448 416
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.91 % 79.37 % 54.88 %
Total Workers 1,189 902 287
Main Worker 991 - -
Marginal Worker 198 156 42

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.09 % of total population in Jhanwan village. The village Jhanwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhanwan village out of total population, 1189 were engaged in work activities. 83.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1189 workers engaged in Main Work, 244 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 647 were Agricultural labourer.