Gonawan Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Gonawan is a medium size village located in Bihar Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 180 families residing. The Gonawan village has population of 993 of which 495 are males while 498 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gonawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 22.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gonawan village is 1006 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gonawan as per census is 1055, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Gonawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gonawan village was 58.41 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gonawan Male literacy stands at 69.61 % while female literacy rate was 47.12 %.

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

Gonawan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	180	-	-
Population	993	495	498
Child (0-6)	226	110	116
Schedule Caste	437	217	220
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	58.41 %	69.61 %	47.12 %
Total Workers	472	222	250
Main Worker	390	-	-
Marginal Worker	82	14	68

Caste Factor

In Gonawan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.01 % of total population in Gonawan village. The village Gonawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gonawan village out of total population, 472 were engaged in work activities. 82.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 472 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 232 were Agricultural labourer.