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Pokhanwan Population - Jehanabad, Bihar

Pokhanwan is a medium size village located in Ratni Faridpur Block of Jehanabad district, Bihar with total 185 families residing. The Pokhanwan village has population of 1112 of which 583 are males while 529 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pokhanwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 12.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pokhanwan village is 907 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pokhanwan as per census is 797, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Pokhanwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pokhanwan village was 83.51 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pokhanwan Male literacy stands at 89.68 % while female literacy rate was 76.82 %.

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

Pokhanwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 185 - -
Population 1,112 583 529
Child (0-6) 142 79 63
Schedule Caste 112 59 53
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.51 % 89.68 % 76.82 %
Total Workers 320 272 48
Main Worker 287 - -
Marginal Worker 33 21 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.07 % of total population in Pokhanwan village. The village Pokhanwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pokhanwan village out of total population, 320 were engaged in work activities. 89.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 320 workers engaged in Main Work, 151 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 93 were Agricultural labourer.