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Khedwara Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Khedwara is a medium size village located in Birni Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 287 families residing. The Khedwara village has population of 1697 of which 863 are males while 834 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khedwara village population of children with age 0-6 is 326 which makes up 19.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khedwara village is 966 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Khedwara as per census is 852, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Khedwara village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Khedwara village was 56.16 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Khedwara Male literacy stands at 68.70 % while female literacy rate was 43.57 %.

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

Khedwara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 287 - -
Population 1,697 863 834
Child (0-6) 326 176 150
Schedule Caste 301 145 156
Schedule Tribe 232 125 107
Literacy 56.16 % 68.70 % 43.57 %
Total Workers 885 432 453
Main Worker 374 - -
Marginal Worker 511 224 287

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.74 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.67 % of total population in Khedwara village.

Work Profile

In Khedwara village out of total population, 885 were engaged in work activities. 42.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 885 workers engaged in Main Work, 254 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 98 were Agricultural labourer.