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Marwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Marwa is a large village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 583 families residing. The Marwa village has population of 2940 of which 1520 are males while 1420 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 597 which makes up 20.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marwa village is 934 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Marwa as per census is 1038, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Marwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Marwa village was 69.10 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Marwa Male literacy stands at 79.95 % while female literacy rate was 57.17 %.

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

Marwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 583 - -
Population 2,940 1,520 1,420
Child (0-6) 597 293 304
Schedule Caste 477 266 211
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.10 % 79.95 % 57.17 %
Total Workers 1,110 694 416
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 1,027 634 393

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.22 % of total population in Marwa village. The village Marwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Marwa village out of total population, 1110 were engaged in work activities. 7.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1110 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.