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Palwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Palwa is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 188 families residing. The Palwa village has population of 1000 of which 490 are males while 510 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 216 which makes up 21.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palwa village is 1041 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Palwa as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Palwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Palwa village was 55.87 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Palwa Male literacy stands at 64.40 % while female literacy rate was 47.76 %.

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

Palwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 188 - -
Population 1,000 490 510
Child (0-6) 216 108 108
Schedule Caste 353 174 179
Schedule Tribe 478 231 247
Literacy 55.87 % 64.40 % 47.76 %
Total Workers 249 226 23
Main Worker 9 - -
Marginal Worker 240 217 23

Caste Factor

In Palwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.80 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 35.30 % of total population in Palwa village.

Work Profile

In Palwa village out of total population, 249 were engaged in work activities. 3.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 249 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.