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Gidhwas Population - Araria, Bihar

Gidhwas is a large village located in Raniganj Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 802 families residing. The Gidhwas village has population of 3793 of which 1929 are males while 1864 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gidhwas village population of children with age 0-6 is 746 which makes up 19.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gidhwas village is 966 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gidhwas as per census is 889, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Gidhwas village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gidhwas village was 62.42 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gidhwas Male literacy stands at 70.27 % while female literacy rate was 54.46 %.

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

Gidhwas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 802 - -
Population 3,793 1,929 1,864
Child (0-6) 746 395 351
Schedule Caste 909 465 444
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.42 % 70.27 % 54.46 %
Total Workers 1,332 917 415
Main Worker 1,043 - -
Marginal Worker 289 205 84

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.97 % of total population in Gidhwas village. The village Gidhwas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gidhwas village out of total population, 1332 were engaged in work activities. 78.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1332 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 602 were Agricultural labourer.