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Kodwa Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Kodwa is a large village located in Dhurki Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 493 families residing. The Kodwa village has population of 2512 of which 1352 are males while 1160 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kodwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 481 which makes up 19.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kodwa village is 858 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kodwa as per census is 775, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kodwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kodwa village was 53.27 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kodwa Male literacy stands at 64.66 % while female literacy rate was 40.32 %.

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

Kodwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 493 - -
Population 2,512 1,352 1,160
Child (0-6) 481 271 210
Schedule Caste 1,052 558 494
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.27 % 64.66 % 40.32 %
Total Workers 1,209 620 589
Main Worker 773 - -
Marginal Worker 436 22 414

Caste Factor

In Kodwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.88 % of total population in Kodwa village. The village Kodwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kodwa village out of total population, 1209 were engaged in work activities. 63.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1209 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 635 were Agricultural labourer.