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Asawan Population - Nawada, Bihar

Asawan is a medium size village located in Pakribarawan Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 222 families residing. The Asawan village has population of 1593 of which 816 are males while 777 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 255 which makes up 16.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asawan village is 952 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Asawan as per census is 1090, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Asawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Asawan village was 55.61 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Asawan Male literacy stands at 64.99 % while female literacy rate was 45.50 %.

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

Asawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 222 - -
Population 1,593 816 777
Child (0-6) 255 122 133
Schedule Caste 141 78 63
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.61 % 64.99 % 45.50 %
Total Workers 680 401 279
Main Worker 342 - -
Marginal Worker 338 170 168

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.85 % of total population in Asawan village. The village Asawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Asawan village out of total population, 680 were engaged in work activities. 50.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 680 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 199 were Agricultural labourer.