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Nawgarh Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Nawgarh is a medium size village located in Nilambar-Pitambarpur(Lesliganj) Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 71 families residing. The Nawgarh village has population of 353 of which 180 are males while 173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nawgarh village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 14.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nawgarh village is 961 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Nawgarh as per census is 1083, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Nawgarh village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Nawgarh village was 59.08 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Nawgarh Male literacy stands at 67.31 % while female literacy rate was 50.34 %.

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

Nawgarh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 353 180 173
Child (0-6) 50 24 26
Schedule Caste 109 53 56
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.08 % 67.31 % 50.34 %
Total Workers 94 89 5
Main Worker 14 - -
Marginal Worker 80 77 3

Caste Factor

Nawgarh village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.88 % of total population in Nawgarh village. The village Nawgarh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nawgarh village out of total population, 94 were engaged in work activities. 14.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 94 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.