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Amwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Amwa is a medium size village located in Nilambar-Pitambarpur(Lesliganj) Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 46 families residing. The Amwa village has population of 273 of which 142 are males while 131 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 12.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amwa village is 923 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Amwa as per census is 1059, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Amwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Amwa village was 55.04 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Amwa Male literacy stands at 69.60 % while female literacy rate was 38.94 %.

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

Amwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 46 - -
Population 273 142 131
Child (0-6) 35 17 18
Schedule Caste 161 86 75
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.04 % 69.60 % 38.94 %
Total Workers 50 49 1
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 11 10 1

Caste Factor

In Amwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.97 % of total population in Amwa village. The village Amwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Amwa village out of total population, 50 were engaged in work activities. 78.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 50 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.