Lerwa Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Lerwa is a medium size village located in Pirtanr Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 128 families residing. The Lerwa village has population of 757 of which 391 are males while 366 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lerwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 17.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lerwa village is 936 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Lerwa as per census is 901, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Lerwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Lerwa village was 35.69 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Lerwa Male literacy stands at 47.81 % while female literacy rate was 22.85 %.

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

Lerwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	128	-	-
Population	757	391	366
Child (0-6)	135	71	64
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	434	228	206
Literacy	35.69 %	47.81 %	22.85 %
Total Workers	305	201	104
Main Worker	191	-	-
Marginal Worker	114	14	100

Caste Factor

In Lerwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.33 % of total population in Lerwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lerwa village of Giridih.

Work Profile

In Lerwa village out of total population, 305 were engaged in work activities. 62.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 305 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 171 were Agricultural labourer.