Balwa Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Balwa is a medium size village located in Jarmundi Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 64 families residing. The Balwa village has population of 314 of which 144 are males while 170 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 16.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balwa village is 1181 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Balwa as per census is 1261, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Balwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Balwa village was 38.93 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Balwa Male literacy stands at 49.59 % while female literacy rate was 29.79 %.

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

Balwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	64	-	-
Population	314	144	170
Child (0-6)	52	23	29
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	302	139	163
Literacy	38.93 %	49.59 %	29.79 %
Total Workers	164	74	90
Main Worker	28	-	-
Marginal Worker	136	54	82

Caste Factor

In Balwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.18 % of total population in Balwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Balwa village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Balwa village out of total population, 164 were engaged in work activities. 17.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 164 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.