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Majhgawan Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Majhgawan is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 354 families residing. The Majhgawan village has population of 1771 of which 910 are males while 861 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Majhgawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 326 which makes up 18.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Majhgawan village is 946 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Majhgawan as per census is 842, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Majhgawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Majhgawan village was 51.76 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Majhgawan Male literacy stands at 66.71 % while female literacy rate was 36.38 %.

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

Majhgawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 354 - -
Population 1,771 910 861
Child (0-6) 326 177 149
Schedule Caste 210 105 105
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 51.76 % 66.71 % 36.38 %
Total Workers 522 424 98
Main Worker 273 - -
Marginal Worker 249 189 60

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.86 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Majhgawan village.

Work Profile

In Majhgawan village out of total population, 522 were engaged in work activities. 52.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 522 workers engaged in Main Work, 115 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.