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Hukwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Hukwa is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 95 families residing. The Hukwa village has population of 499 of which 243 are males while 256 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hukwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 20.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hukwa village is 1053 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Hukwa as per census is 1349, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Hukwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Hukwa village was 46.98 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Hukwa Male literacy stands at 59.50 % while female literacy rate was 34.34 %.

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

Hukwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 499 243 256
Child (0-6) 101 43 58
Schedule Caste 1 0 1
Schedule Tribe 458 227 231
Literacy 46.98 % 59.50 % 34.34 %
Total Workers 105 96 9
Main Worker 13 - -
Marginal Worker 92 85 7

Caste Factor

In Hukwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.78 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.20 % of total population in Hukwa village.

Work Profile

In Hukwa village out of total population, 105 were engaged in work activities. 12.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 105 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.