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Kerwar Population - Godda, Jharkhand

Kerwar is a medium size village located in Pathargama Block of Godda district, Jharkhand with total 220 families residing. The Kerwar village has population of 1102 of which 556 are males while 546 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 224 which makes up 20.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerwar village is 982 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerwar as per census is 898, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kerwar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerwar village was 52.73 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kerwar Male literacy stands at 69.63 % while female literacy rate was 35.91 %.

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

Kerwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 220 - -
Population 1,102 556 546
Child (0-6) 224 118 106
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 66 35 31
Literacy 52.73 % 69.63 % 35.91 %
Total Workers 580 302 278
Main Worker 411 - -
Marginal Worker 169 31 138

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 5.99 % of total population in Kerwar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kerwar village of Godda.

Work Profile

In Kerwar village out of total population, 580 were engaged in work activities. 70.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 580 workers engaged in Main Work, 175 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 219 were Agricultural labourer.