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Saharsawa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Saharsawa is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 134 families residing. The Saharsawa village has population of 659 of which 352 are males while 307 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saharsawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 17.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saharsawa village is 872 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Saharsawa as per census is 813, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Saharsawa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Saharsawa village was 59.48 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Saharsawa Male literacy stands at 73.26 % while female literacy rate was 43.92 %.

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

Saharsawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 134 - -
Population 659 352 307
Child (0-6) 116 64 52
Schedule Caste 310 166 144
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.48 % 73.26 % 43.92 %
Total Workers 292 184 108
Main Worker 140 - -
Marginal Worker 152 72 80

Caste Factor

In Saharsawa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.04 % of total population in Saharsawa village. The village Saharsawa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Saharsawa village out of total population, 292 were engaged in work activities. 47.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 292 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.