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Dewdih Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Dewdih is a medium size village located in Manatu Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 101 families residing. The Dewdih village has population of 572 of which 287 are males while 285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewdih village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 20.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewdih village is 993 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewdih as per census is 885, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dewdih village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewdih village was 33.92 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dewdih Male literacy stands at 39.38 % while female literacy rate was 28.57 %.

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

Dewdih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 101 - -
Population 572 287 285
Child (0-6) 115 61 54
Schedule Caste 239 114 125
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 33.92 % 39.38 % 28.57 %
Total Workers 247 141 106
Main Worker 94 - -
Marginal Worker 153 75 78

Caste Factor

In Dewdih village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.78 % of total population in Dewdih village. The village Dewdih currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dewdih village out of total population, 247 were engaged in work activities. 38.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 247 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.