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Kanwan Population - Gaya, Bihar

Kanwan is a medium size village located in Tan Kuppa Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 287 families residing. The Kanwan village has population of 1610 of which 830 are males while 780 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 312 which makes up 19.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanwan village is 940 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanwan as per census is 902, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Kanwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanwan village was 40.29 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Kanwan Male literacy stands at 52.70 % while female literacy rate was 27.22 %.

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

Kanwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 287 - -
Population 1,610 830 780
Child (0-6) 312 164 148
Schedule Caste 717 378 339
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 40.29 % 52.70 % 27.22 %
Total Workers 506 388 118
Main Worker 317 - -
Marginal Worker 189 167 22

Caste Factor

In Kanwan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.53 % of total population in Kanwan village. The village Kanwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanwan village out of total population, 506 were engaged in work activities. 62.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 506 workers engaged in Main Work, 241 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.