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Madheya Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Madheya is a medium size village located in Nawadiha Bazar - Nawadiha Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 47 families residing. The Madheya village has population of 254 of which 134 are males while 120 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Madheya village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 21.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Madheya village is 896 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Madheya as per census is 833, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Madheya village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Madheya village was 51.76 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Madheya Male literacy stands at 67.31 % while female literacy rate was 34.74 %.

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

Madheya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 254 134 120
Child (0-6) 55 30 25
Schedule Caste 16 5 11
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.76 % 67.31 % 34.74 %
Total Workers 128 66 62
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 7 2 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.30 % of total population in Madheya village. The village Madheya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Madheya village out of total population, 128 were engaged in work activities. 94.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 128 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.