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Selwe Population - Gaya, Bihar

Selwe is a medium size village located in Wazirganj Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 157 families residing. The Selwe village has population of 917 of which 432 are males while 485 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Selwe village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 14.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Selwe village is 1123 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Selwe as per census is 1481, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Selwe village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Selwe village was 65.64 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Selwe Male literacy stands at 74.60 % while female literacy rate was 57.28 %.

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

Selwe Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 917 432 485
Child (0-6) 134 54 80
Schedule Caste 270 138 132
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.64 % 74.60 % 57.28 %
Total Workers 236 140 96
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 170 107 63

Caste Factor

Selwe village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.44 % of total population in Selwe village. The village Selwe currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Selwe village out of total population, 236 were engaged in work activities. 27.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 236 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.