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Dowal Population - Aurangabad, Bihar

Dowal is a medium size village located in Goh Block of Aurangabad district, Bihar with total 188 families residing. The Dowal village has population of 1245 of which 645 are males while 600 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 254 which makes up 20.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dowal village is 930 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Dowal as per census is 868, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Dowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Dowal village was 66.90 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Dowal Male literacy stands at 81.73 % while female literacy rate was 51.24 %.

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

Dowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 188 - -
Population 1,245 645 600
Child (0-6) 254 136 118
Schedule Caste 157 83 74
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.90 % 81.73 % 51.24 %
Total Workers 241 181 60
Main Worker 150 - -
Marginal Worker 91 57 34

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.61 % of total population in Dowal village. The village Dowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dowal village out of total population, 241 were engaged in work activities. 62.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 241 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 92 were Agricultural labourer.