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Mahugawan Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Mahugawan is a large village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 479 families residing. The Mahugawan village has population of 2698 of which 1417 are males while 1281 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahugawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 453 which makes up 16.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahugawan village is 904 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahugawan as per census is 880, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Mahugawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahugawan village was 72.92 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Mahugawan Male literacy stands at 83.50 % while female literacy rate was 61.27 %.

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

Mahugawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 479 - -
Population 2,698 1,417 1,281
Child (0-6) 453 241 212
Schedule Caste 804 434 370
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.92 % 83.50 % 61.27 %
Total Workers 876 614 262
Main Worker 207 - -
Marginal Worker 669 428 241

Caste Factor

Mahugawan village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.80 % of total population in Mahugawan village. The village Mahugawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahugawan village out of total population, 876 were engaged in work activities. 23.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 876 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.