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Amwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Amwa is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 96 families residing. The Amwa village has population of 429 of which 228 are males while 201 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 94 which makes up 21.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amwa village is 882 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Amwa as per census is 1186, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Amwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Amwa village was 53.43 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Amwa Male literacy stands at 67.03 % while female literacy rate was 36.67 %.

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

Amwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 96 - -
Population 429 228 201
Child (0-6) 94 43 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.43 % 67.03 % 36.67 %
Total Workers 347 192 155
Main Worker 113 - -
Marginal Worker 234 117 117

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Amwa village of Palamu district.

Work Profile

In Amwa village out of total population, 347 were engaged in work activities. 32.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 347 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 111 were Agricultural labourer.