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Dewanbigha Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Dewanbigha is a medium size village located in Haidernagar Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 54 families residing. The Dewanbigha village has population of 370 of which 193 are males while 177 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewanbigha village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewanbigha village is 917 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewanbigha as per census is 1136, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dewanbigha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewanbigha village was 73.37 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dewanbigha Male literacy stands at 82.46 % while female literacy rate was 63.16 %.

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

Dewanbigha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 370 193 177
Child (0-6) 47 22 25
Schedule Caste 19 9 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.37 % 82.46 % 63.16 %
Total Workers 111 102 9
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 27 22 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.14 % of total population in Dewanbigha village. The village Dewanbigha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dewanbigha village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 75.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.