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Kumhwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kumhwa is a medium size village located in Patan Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 160 families residing. The Kumhwa village has population of 872 of which 443 are males while 429 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kumhwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 18.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kumhwa village is 968 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kumhwa as per census is 1149, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kumhwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kumhwa village was 64.80 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kumhwa Male literacy stands at 75.07 % while female literacy rate was 53.78 %.

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

Kumhwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 160 - -
Population 872 443 429
Child (0-6) 159 74 85
Schedule Caste 110 56 54
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.80 % 75.07 % 53.78 %
Total Workers 241 215 26
Main Worker 225 - -
Marginal Worker 16 10 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.61 % of total population in Kumhwa village. The village Kumhwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kumhwa village out of total population, 241 were engaged in work activities. 93.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 241 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 103 were Agricultural labourer.