Kerwa Population - Sahibganj, Jharkhand

Kerwa is a medium size village located in Taljhari Block of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand with total 70 families residing. The Kerwa village has population of 307 of which 149 are males while 158 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 23.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerwa village is 1060 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerwa as per census is 846, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kerwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerwa village was 52.34 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kerwa Male literacy stands at 69.09 % while female literacy rate was 37.60 %.

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

Kerwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	70	-	-
Population	307	149	158
Child (0-6)	72	39	33
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	304	148	156
Literacy	52.34 %	69.09 %	37.60 %
Total Workers	147	71	76
Main Worker	144	-	-
Marginal Worker	3	2	1

Caste Factor

In Kerwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.02 % of total population in Kerwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kerwa village of Sahibganj.

Work Profile

In Kerwa village out of total population, 147 were engaged in work activities. 97.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 147 workers engaged in Main Work, 136 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.