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Nahwan Population - Patna, Bihar

Nahwan is a medium size village located in Masaurhi Block of Patna district, Bihar with total 286 families residing. The Nahwan village has population of 1825 of which 949 are males while 876 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nahwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 301 which makes up 16.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nahwan village is 923 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Nahwan as per census is 835, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Nahwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Nahwan village was 67.19 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Nahwan Male literacy stands at 76.56 % while female literacy rate was 57.24 %.

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

Nahwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 286 - -
Population 1,825 949 876
Child (0-6) 301 164 137
Schedule Caste 680 358 322
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.19 % 76.56 % 57.24 %
Total Workers 522 418 104
Main Worker 517 - -
Marginal Worker 5 4 1

Caste Factor

In Nahwan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.26 % of total population in Nahwan village. The village Nahwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nahwan village out of total population, 522 were engaged in work activities. 99.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 522 workers engaged in Main Work, 168 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 233 were Agricultural labourer.