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Kelwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kelwa is a medium size village located in Panki Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 280 families residing. The Kelwa village has population of 1513 of which 779 are males while 734 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kelwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 298 which makes up 19.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kelwa village is 942 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kelwa as per census is 1099, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kelwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kelwa village was 67.24 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kelwa Male literacy stands at 77.71 % while female literacy rate was 55.71 %.

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

Kelwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 280 - -
Population 1,513 779 734
Child (0-6) 298 142 156
Schedule Caste 14 6 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.24 % 77.71 % 55.71 %
Total Workers 692 366 326
Main Worker 578 - -
Marginal Worker 114 59 55

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.93 % of total population in Kelwa village. The village Kelwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kelwa village out of total population, 692 were engaged in work activities. 83.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 692 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 500 were Agricultural labourer.