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Dhawa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Dhawa is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 145 families residing. The Dhawa village has population of 811 of which 413 are males while 398 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 164 which makes up 20.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhawa village is 964 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhawa as per census is 1050, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dhawa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhawa village was 62.60 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dhawa Male literacy stands at 74.47 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Dhawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 145 - -
Population 811 413 398
Child (0-6) 164 80 84
Schedule Caste 225 134 91
Schedule Tribe 383 188 195
Literacy 62.60 % 74.47 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 385 196 189
Main Worker 11 - -
Marginal Worker 374 190 184

Caste Factor

In Dhawa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.23 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 27.74 % of total population in Dhawa village.

Work Profile

In Dhawa village out of total population, 385 were engaged in work activities. 2.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 385 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.