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Alawan Population - Nawada, Bihar

Alawan is a medium size village located in Meskaur Block of Nawada district, Bihar with total 123 families residing. The Alawan village has population of 956 of which 427 are males while 529 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Alawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 21.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alawan village is 1239 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Alawan as per census is 1051, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Alawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Alawan village was 58.54 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Alawan Male literacy stands at 77.51 % while female literacy rate was 43.90 %.

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

Alawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 956 427 529
Child (0-6) 201 98 103
Schedule Caste 29 17 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.54 % 77.51 % 43.90 %
Total Workers 177 171 6
Main Worker 33 - -
Marginal Worker 144 142 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.03 % of total population in Alawan village. The village Alawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Alawan village out of total population, 177 were engaged in work activities. 18.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 177 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.