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Nagwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Nagwa is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 212 families residing. The Nagwa village has population of 1171 of which 627 are males while 544 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nagwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 199 which makes up 16.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nagwa village is 868 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Nagwa as per census is 951, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Nagwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Nagwa village was 57.20 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Nagwa Male literacy stands at 74.86 % while female literacy rate was 36.47 %.

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

Nagwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 212 - -
Population 1,171 627 544
Child (0-6) 199 102 97
Schedule Caste 51 27 24
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 57.20 % 74.86 % 36.47 %
Total Workers 303 265 38
Main Worker 156 - -
Marginal Worker 147 115 32

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.36 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.09 % of total population in Nagwa village.

Work Profile

In Nagwa village out of total population, 303 were engaged in work activities. 51.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 303 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.