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Garhwa Population - Sheohar, Bihar

Garhwa is a medium size village located in Sheohar Block of Sheohar district, Bihar with total 449 families residing. The Garhwa village has population of 1775 of which 930 are males while 845 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garhwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 363 which makes up 20.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garhwa village is 909 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Garhwa as per census is 771, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Garhwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Garhwa village was 62.46 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Garhwa Male literacy stands at 69.24 % while female literacy rate was 55.31 %.

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

Garhwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 449 - -
Population 1,775 930 845
Child (0-6) 363 205 158
Schedule Caste 129 69 60
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.46 % 69.24 % 55.31 %
Total Workers 580 421 159
Main Worker 356 - -
Marginal Worker 224 91 133

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.27 % of total population in Garhwa village. The village Garhwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garhwa village out of total population, 580 were engaged in work activities. 61.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 580 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 271 were Agricultural labourer.