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Khanawan Population - Nawada, Bihar

Khanawan is a large village located in Narhat Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 817 families residing. The Khanawan village has population of 5322 of which 2710 are males while 2612 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khanawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 756 which makes up 14.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khanawan village is 964 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Khanawan as per census is 890, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Khanawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Khanawan village was 77.79 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Khanawan Male literacy stands at 87.23 % while female literacy rate was 68.13 %.

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

Khanawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 817 - -
Population 5,322 2,710 2,612
Child (0-6) 756 400 356
Schedule Caste 617 294 323
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.79 % 87.23 % 68.13 %
Total Workers 1,664 1,348 316
Main Worker 1,175 - -
Marginal Worker 489 432 57

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.59 % of total population in Khanawan village. The village Khanawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khanawan village out of total population, 1664 were engaged in work activities. 70.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1664 workers engaged in Main Work, 695 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 170 were Agricultural labourer.