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Nawgarh Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Nawgarh is a medium size village located in Untari Road Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 183 families residing. The Nawgarh village has population of 968 of which 503 are males while 465 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nawgarh village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 15.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nawgarh village is 924 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Nawgarh as per census is 923, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Nawgarh village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Nawgarh village was 71.64 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Nawgarh Male literacy stands at 85.41 % while female literacy rate was 56.74 %.

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

Nawgarh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 183 - -
Population 968 503 465
Child (0-6) 150 78 72
Schedule Caste 329 169 160
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.64 % 85.41 % 56.74 %
Total Workers 652 342 310
Main Worker 135 - -
Marginal Worker 517 224 293

Caste Factor

Nawgarh village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.99 % of total population in Nawgarh village. The village Nawgarh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nawgarh village out of total population, 652 were engaged in work activities. 20.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 652 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.