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Maira Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Maira is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 103 families residing. The Maira village has population of 458 of which 233 are males while 225 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maira village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 21.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maira village is 966 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Maira as per census is 887, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Maira village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Maira village was 58.66 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Maira Male literacy stands at 76.67 % while female literacy rate was 40.45 %.

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

Maira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 458 233 225
Child (0-6) 100 53 47
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.66 % 76.67 % 40.45 %
Total Workers 171 84 87
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 104 50 54

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Maira village of Palamu district.

Work Profile

In Maira village out of total population, 171 were engaged in work activities. 39.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 171 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.