Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Urdwar Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Urdwar is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 252 families residing. The Urdwar village has population of 1503 of which 796 are males while 707 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Urdwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 278 which makes up 18.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Urdwar village is 888 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Urdwar as per census is 1224, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Urdwar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Urdwar village was 52.00 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Urdwar Male literacy stands at 65.28 % while female literacy rate was 35.92 %.

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

Urdwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 252 - -
Population 1,503 796 707
Child (0-6) 278 125 153
Schedule Caste 878 473 405
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 52.00 % 65.28 % 35.92 %
Total Workers 569 390 179
Main Worker 235 - -
Marginal Worker 334 216 118

Caste Factor

In Urdwar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.42 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.07 % of total population in Urdwar village.

Work Profile

In Urdwar village out of total population, 569 were engaged in work activities. 41.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 569 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.