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Kurwa Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Kurwa is a small village located in Dumka Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 48 families residing. The Kurwa village has population of 191 of which 85 are males while 106 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 16.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurwa village is 1247 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurwa as per census is 1909, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kurwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurwa village was 18.87 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kurwa Male literacy stands at 22.97 % while female literacy rate was 15.29 %.

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

Kurwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 191 85 106
Child (0-6) 32 11 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 191 85 106
Literacy 18.87 % 22.97 % 15.29 %
Total Workers 136 64 72
Main Worker 7 - -
Marginal Worker 129 62 67

Caste Factor

In Kurwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Kurwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kurwa village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Kurwa village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 5.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.