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Kuswa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kuswa is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 313 families residing. The Kuswa village has population of 1978 of which 1064 are males while 914 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kuswa village population of children with age 0-6 is 336 which makes up 16.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kuswa village is 859 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kuswa as per census is 697, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kuswa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kuswa village was 64.25 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kuswa Male literacy stands at 76.67 % while female literacy rate was 50.39 %.

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

Kuswa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 313 - -
Population 1,978 1,064 914
Child (0-6) 336 198 138
Schedule Caste 734 387 347
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.25 % 76.67 % 50.39 %
Total Workers 614 489 125
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 561 443 118

Caste Factor

In Kuswa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.11 % of total population in Kuswa village. The village Kuswa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kuswa village out of total population, 614 were engaged in work activities. 8.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 614 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.