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Pewta Population - Jehanabad, Bihar

Pewta is a medium size village located in Modanganj Block of Jehanabad district, Bihar with total 115 families residing. The Pewta village has population of 639 of which 327 are males while 312 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pewta village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 18.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pewta village is 954 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Pewta as per census is 754, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Pewta village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Pewta village was 73.36 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Pewta Male literacy stands at 81.01 % while female literacy rate was 65.77 %.

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

Pewta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 639 327 312
Child (0-6) 121 69 52
Schedule Caste 201 111 90
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.36 % 81.01 % 65.77 %
Total Workers 193 165 28
Main Worker 192 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Pewta village of Jehanabad has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.46 % of total population in Pewta village. The village Pewta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pewta village out of total population, 193 were engaged in work activities. 99.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 193 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 118 were Agricultural labourer.