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Osawan Population - Rohtas, Bihar

Osawan is a medium size village located in Karakat Block of Rohtas district, Bihar with total 315 families residing. The Osawan village has population of 1952 of which 994 are males while 958 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Osawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 312 which makes up 15.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Osawan village is 964 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Osawan as per census is 714, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Osawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Osawan village was 59.88 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Osawan Male literacy stands at 73.52 % while female literacy rate was 46.50 %.

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

Osawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 315 - -
Population 1,952 994 958
Child (0-6) 312 182 130
Schedule Caste 446 218 228
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.88 % 73.52 % 46.50 %
Total Workers 574 483 91
Main Worker 372 - -
Marginal Worker 202 189 13

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.85 % of total population in Osawan village. The village Osawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Osawan village out of total population, 574 were engaged in work activities. 64.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 574 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 225 were Agricultural labourer.