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Kathwan Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Kathwan is a medium size village located in Shahkund Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 50 families residing. The Kathwan village has population of 221 of which 108 are males while 113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kathwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 20.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kathwan village is 1046 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kathwan as per census is 1300, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Kathwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Kathwan village was 68.57 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Kathwan Male literacy stands at 81.82 % while female literacy rate was 55.17 %.

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

Kathwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 50 - -
Population 221 108 113
Child (0-6) 46 20 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 68.57 % 81.82 % 55.17 %
Total Workers 68 50 18
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 40 26 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.45 % of total population in Kathwan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kathwan village of Bhagalpur.

Work Profile

In Kathwan village out of total population, 68 were engaged in work activities. 41.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 68 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.