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Jawar Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Jawar is a medium size village located in Nawadiha Bazar - Nawadiha Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 210 families residing. The Jawar village has population of 982 of which 499 are males while 483 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jawar village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 21.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jawar village is 968 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jawar as per census is 1080, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jawar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jawar village was 53.75 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jawar Male literacy stands at 67.92 % while female literacy rate was 38.67 %.

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

Jawar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 210 - -
Population 982 499 483
Child (0-6) 208 100 108
Schedule Caste 704 356 348
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.75 % 67.92 % 38.67 %
Total Workers 498 253 245
Main Worker 24 - -
Marginal Worker 474 229 245

Caste Factor

In Jawar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.69 % of total population in Jawar village. The village Jawar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jawar village out of total population, 498 were engaged in work activities. 4.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 498 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.