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Nanwan Population - Gaya, Bihar

Nanwan is a large village located in Bodh Gaya Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 332 families residing. The Nanwan village has population of 2179 of which 1116 are males while 1063 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nanwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 334 which makes up 15.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nanwan village is 953 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Nanwan as per census is 976, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Nanwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Nanwan village was 54.04 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Nanwan Male literacy stands at 70.33 % while female literacy rate was 36.86 %.

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

Nanwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 2,179 1,116 1,063
Child (0-6) 334 169 165
Schedule Caste 662 327 335
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.04 % 70.33 % 36.86 %
Total Workers 1,389 700 689
Main Worker 1,179 - -
Marginal Worker 210 89 121

Caste Factor

Nanwan village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.38 % of total population in Nanwan village. The village Nanwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nanwan village out of total population, 1389 were engaged in work activities. 84.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1389 workers engaged in Main Work, 567 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 415 were Agricultural labourer.