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Owa Population - Jehanabad, Bihar

Owa is a medium size village located in Makhdumpur Block of Jehanabad district, Bihar with total 149 families residing. The Owa village has population of 1083 of which 558 are males while 525 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Owa village population of children with age 0-6 is 190 which makes up 17.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Owa village is 941 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Owa as per census is 900, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Owa village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Owa village was 72.12 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Owa Male literacy stands at 86.68 % while female literacy rate was 56.78 %.

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

Owa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 149 - -
Population 1,083 558 525
Child (0-6) 190 100 90
Schedule Caste 82 44 38
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.12 % 86.68 % 56.78 %
Total Workers 301 249 52
Main Worker 288 - -
Marginal Worker 13 10 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.57 % of total population in Owa village. The village Owa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Owa village out of total population, 301 were engaged in work activities. 95.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 301 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 124 were Agricultural labourer.