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Jharwa Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Jharwa is a large village located in Harsidhi Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 478 families residing. The Jharwa village has population of 2330 of which 1228 are males while 1102 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 522 which makes up 22.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharwa village is 897 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharwa as per census is 1008, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jharwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharwa village was 71.40 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jharwa Male literacy stands at 82.75 % while female literacy rate was 58.33 %.

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

Jharwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 478 - -
Population 2,330 1,228 1,102
Child (0-6) 522 260 262
Schedule Caste 120 69 51
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.40 % 82.75 % 58.33 %
Total Workers 557 541 16
Main Worker 209 - -
Marginal Worker 348 342 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.15 % of total population in Jharwa village. The village Jharwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jharwa village out of total population, 557 were engaged in work activities. 37.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 557 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 136 were Agricultural labourer.