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Ghustawan Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Ghustawan is a large village located in Silao Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 802 families residing. The Ghustawan village has population of 5239 of which 2749 are males while 2490 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghustawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 921 which makes up 17.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghustawan village is 906 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghustawan as per census is 876, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Ghustawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghustawan village was 66.16 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Ghustawan Male literacy stands at 73.07 % while female literacy rate was 58.59 %.

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

Ghustawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 802 - -
Population 5,239 2,749 2,490
Child (0-6) 921 491 430
Schedule Caste 1,503 768 735
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.16 % 73.07 % 58.59 %
Total Workers 2,074 1,384 690
Main Worker 1,623 - -
Marginal Worker 451 235 216

Caste Factor

Ghustawan village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.69 % of total population in Ghustawan village. The village Ghustawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghustawan village out of total population, 2074 were engaged in work activities. 78.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2074 workers engaged in Main Work, 272 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1104 were Agricultural labourer.