Kerwa Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Kerwa is a medium size village located in Ramkanda Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 173 families residing. The Kerwa village has population of 862 of which 437 are males while 425 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 21.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerwa village is 973 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerwa as per census is 918, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kerwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerwa village was 45.56 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kerwa Male literacy stands at 57.06 % while female literacy rate was 33.93 %.

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

Kerwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	173	-	-
Population	862	437	425
Child (0-6)	186	97	89
Schedule Caste	332	170	162
Schedule Tribe	294	147	147
Literacy	45.56 %	57.06 %	33.93 %
Total Workers	438	220	218
Main Worker	406	-	-
Marginal Worker	32	15	17

Caste Factor

In Kerwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.52 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 34.11 % of total population in Kerwa village.

Work Profile

In Kerwa village out of total population, 438 were engaged in work activities. 92.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 438 workers engaged in Main Work, 244 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 108 were Agricultural labourer.