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Bhanwar Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Bhanwar is a medium size village located in Hariharganj Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 281 families residing. The Bhanwar village has population of 1966 of which 1023 are males while 943 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhanwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 371 which makes up 18.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhanwar village is 922 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhanwar as per census is 1157, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Bhanwar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhanwar village was 55.92 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Bhanwar Male literacy stands at 70.04 % while female literacy rate was 39.78 %.

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

Bhanwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 281 - -
Population 1,966 1,023 943
Child (0-6) 371 172 199
Schedule Caste 327 170 157
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.92 % 70.04 % 39.78 %
Total Workers 743 487 256
Main Worker 380 - -
Marginal Worker 363 139 224

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.63 % of total population in Bhanwar village. The village Bhanwar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bhanwar village out of total population, 743 were engaged in work activities. 51.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 743 workers engaged in Main Work, 300 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.