Sowa Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sowa is a medium size village located in Wazirganj Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 169 families residing. The Sowa village has population of 1275 of which 652 are males while 623 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sowa village population of children with age 0-6 is 222 which makes up 17.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sowa village is 956 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sowa as per census is 965, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sowa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sowa village was 15.10 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sowa Male literacy stands at 18.37 % while female literacy rate was 11.67 %.

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

Sowa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	169	-	-
Population	1,275	652	623
Child (0-6)	222	113	109
Schedule Caste	1,178	607	571
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	15.10 %	18.37 %	11.67 %
Total Workers	791	403	388
Main Worker	774	-	-
Marginal Worker	17	4	13

Caste Factor

In Sowa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 92.39 % of total population in Sowa village. The village Sowa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sowa village out of total population, 791 were engaged in work activities. 97.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 791 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 735 were Agricultural labourer.