| Sarwan | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jharkhand#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jharkhand, India |
| Coordinates: | 24.3786°N 86.7731°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jharkhand |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Deoghar |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 3515 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages (*For language details see Sarwan, Deoghar#Language and religion) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Urdu |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 814150 (Sarwan) |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone/ STD code |
| Area Code: | 06432 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Godda |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Jarmundi |
Sarwan is a village in Sarwan CD block in the Deoghar subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Sarwan is located at 24.3786°N 86.7731°W.
The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[1]
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Sarwan has an area of .[2]
In the map of Sarwan CD block in the District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Sarwan is shown as being part of Sarwa mouza (MDDS PLCN - 830).[3]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Sarwa had a total population of 3,515, of which 1,711 (49%) were males and 1,804 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 546. The total number of literate persons in Sarwa was 2,969 (71.71% of the population over 6 years).[2]
There is a police station at Sarwan.[4]
Headquarters of Sarwan CD block is at Sarwan village.[5]
Sarwan is known for contributing towards education in Deoghar district. Two schools which are famous for contributions towards providing notable alumni (Pradeep Kumar Lal, Senior Executive Panjab National Bank and Shankar Burnwal, IIT) are Middle School Sarwan and High School Sarwan. The middle school came into the limelight under Headmaster Late Narsingh Pandit ji. His strict discipline and efforts to make sure all teachers attended classes without fail led to nurturing many students and making them successful in their careers. Some of the notable teachers from the middle school are Bijay Kumar Sah (mathematics), Madan Pandit (mathematics, Sanskrit), Tej Narayn Rajhans (social science, Hindi and mathematics), Teklal Mahto (science), Rita Didi (various subjects), and Maheshwar Sir (English) Pradeep Kumar Jha (Science).
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Sarwan, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2005. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[6]
Sarwan High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1948. It has facilities for teaching for teaching from class IX to class XII.[7]