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Ghostawon Population - Nawada, Bihar

Ghostawon is a large village located in Nawada Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 519 families residing. The Ghostawon village has population of 3552 of which 1822 are males while 1730 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghostawon village population of children with age 0-6 is 622 which makes up 17.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghostawon village is 950 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghostawon as per census is 987, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Ghostawon village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghostawon village was 60.27 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Ghostawon Male literacy stands at 69.12 % while female literacy rate was 50.88 %.

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

Ghostawon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 519 - -
Population 3,552 1,822 1,730
Child (0-6) 622 313 309
Schedule Caste 526 272 254
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.27 % 69.12 % 50.88 %
Total Workers 1,339 890 449
Main Worker 1,005 - -
Marginal Worker 334 204 130

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.81 % of total population in Ghostawon village. The village Ghostawon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghostawon village out of total population, 1339 were engaged in work activities. 75.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1339 workers engaged in Main Work, 579 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 262 were Agricultural labourer.