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Nagwan Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Nagwan is a large village located in Gawan Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 652 families residing. The Nagwan village has population of 4358 of which 2231 are males while 2127 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nagwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 773 which makes up 17.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nagwan village is 953 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Nagwan as per census is 972, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Nagwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Nagwan village was 68.59 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Nagwan Male literacy stands at 82.16 % while female literacy rate was 54.30 %.

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

Nagwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 652 - -
Population 4,358 2,231 2,127
Child (0-6) 773 392 381
Schedule Caste 292 163 129
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 68.59 % 82.16 % 54.30 %
Total Workers 1,730 1,126 604
Main Worker 1,279 - -
Marginal Worker 451 112 339

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.70 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.02 % of total population in Nagwan village.

Work Profile

In Nagwan village out of total population, 1730 were engaged in work activities. 73.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1730 workers engaged in Main Work, 740 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 222 were Agricultural labourer.