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Balmuwan Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Balmuwan is a medium size village located in Panki Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 207 families residing. The Balmuwan village has population of 1137 of which 601 are males while 536 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balmuwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 19.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balmuwan village is 892 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balmuwan as per census is 1047, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balmuwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balmuwan village was 65.43 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balmuwan Male literacy stands at 74.34 % while female literacy rate was 55.06 %.

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

Balmuwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 207 - -
Population 1,137 601 536
Child (0-6) 217 106 111
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.43 % 74.34 % 55.06 %
Total Workers 451 313 138
Main Worker 176 - -
Marginal Worker 275 147 128

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.18 % of total population in Balmuwan village. The village Balmuwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balmuwan village out of total population, 451 were engaged in work activities. 39.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 451 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 152 were Agricultural labourer.