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Arawan Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Arawan is a large village located in Ben Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 849 families residing. The Arawan village has population of 4622 of which 2419 are males while 2203 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 830 which makes up 17.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arawan village is 911 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Arawan as per census is 1000, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Arawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Arawan village was 58.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Arawan Male literacy stands at 68.96 % while female literacy rate was 47.20 %.

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

Arawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 849 - -
Population 4,622 2,419 2,203
Child (0-6) 830 415 415
Schedule Caste 294 158 136
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.70 % 68.96 % 47.20 %
Total Workers 1,774 1,235 539
Main Worker 1,352 - -
Marginal Worker 422 249 173

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.36 % of total population in Arawan village. The village Arawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Arawan village out of total population, 1774 were engaged in work activities. 76.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1774 workers engaged in Main Work, 291 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 857 were Agricultural labourer.