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Majhiganw Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Majhiganw is a large village located in Padwa Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 391 families residing. The Majhiganw village has population of 2030 of which 1048 are males while 982 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Majhiganw village population of children with age 0-6 is 360 which makes up 17.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Majhiganw village is 937 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Majhiganw as per census is 905, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Majhiganw village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Majhiganw village was 58.98 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Majhiganw Male literacy stands at 72.99 % while female literacy rate was 44.14 %.

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

Majhiganw Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 391 - -
Population 2,030 1,048 982
Child (0-6) 360 189 171
Schedule Caste 289 150 139
Schedule Tribe 3 1 2
Literacy 58.98 % 72.99 % 44.14 %
Total Workers 819 524 295
Main Worker 139 - -
Marginal Worker 680 408 272

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.24 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.15 % of total population in Majhiganw village.

Work Profile

In Majhiganw village out of total population, 819 were engaged in work activities. 16.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 819 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.