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Poawan Population - Patna, Bihar

Poawan is a medium size village located in Masaurhi Block of Patna district, Bihar with total 295 families residing. The Poawan village has population of 1511 of which 773 are males while 738 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 210 which makes up 13.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poawan village is 955 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Poawan as per census is 875, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Poawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Poawan village was 65.33 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Poawan Male literacy stands at 75.34 % while female literacy rate was 55.00 %.

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

Poawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 295 - -
Population 1,511 773 738
Child (0-6) 210 112 98
Schedule Caste 671 346 325
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 65.33 % 75.34 % 55.00 %
Total Workers 719 448 271
Main Worker 534 - -
Marginal Worker 185 73 112

Caste Factor

In Poawan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.41 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.07 % of total population in Poawan village.

Work Profile

In Poawan village out of total population, 719 were engaged in work activities. 74.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 719 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 351 were Agricultural labourer.