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Sowan Population - Buxar, Bihar

Sowan is a large village located in Dumraon Block of Buxar district, Bihar with total 1273 families residing. The Sowan village has population of 8064 of which 4173 are males while 3891 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sowan village population of children with age 0-6 is 1486 which makes up 18.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sowan village is 932 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sowan as per census is 908, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sowan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sowan village was 62.59 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sowan Male literacy stands at 76.75 % while female literacy rate was 47.49 %.

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

Sowan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,273 - -
Population 8,064 4,173 3,891
Child (0-6) 1,486 779 707
Schedule Caste 1,498 803 695
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.59 % 76.75 % 47.49 %
Total Workers 2,178 1,844 334
Main Worker 1,587 - -
Marginal Worker 591 367 224

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.58 % of total population in Sowan village. The village Sowan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sowan village out of total population, 2178 were engaged in work activities. 72.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2178 workers engaged in Main Work, 343 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 913 were Agricultural labourer.