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Gawnaha Population - Pashchim Champaran, Bihar

Gawnaha is a medium size village located in Lauriya Block of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar with total 298 families residing. The Gawnaha village has population of 1802 of which 949 are males while 853 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawnaha village population of children with age 0-6 is 439 which makes up 24.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawnaha village is 899 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawnaha as per census is 951, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Gawnaha village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawnaha village was 59.50 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gawnaha Male literacy stands at 63.54 % while female literacy rate was 54.93 %.

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

Gawnaha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 298 - -
Population 1,802 949 853
Child (0-6) 439 225 214
Schedule Caste 200 108 92
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.50 % 63.54 % 54.93 %
Total Workers 556 424 132
Main Worker 120 - -
Marginal Worker 436 310 126

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.10 % of total population in Gawnaha village. The village Gawnaha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gawnaha village out of total population, 556 were engaged in work activities. 21.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 556 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.