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Ghurwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Ghurwa is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 68 families residing. The Ghurwa village has population of 529 of which 278 are males while 251 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 87 which makes up 16.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghurwa village is 903 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghurwa as per census is 977, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ghurwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghurwa village was 73.30 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ghurwa Male literacy stands at 86.75 % while female literacy rate was 58.17 %.

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

Ghurwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 529 278 251
Child (0-6) 87 44 43
Schedule Caste 212 114 98
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.30 % 86.75 % 58.17 %
Total Workers 124 124 0
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 95 95 0

Caste Factor

In Ghurwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.08 % of total population in Ghurwa village. The village Ghurwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghurwa village out of total population, 124 were engaged in work activities. 23.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.