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Pawdha Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Pawdha is a medium size village located in Farasgaon Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 154 families residing. The Pawdha village has population of 758 of which 374 are males while 384 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pawdha village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 20.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pawdha village is 1027 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Pawdha as per census is 914, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Pawdha village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pawdha village was 40.30 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Pawdha Male literacy stands at 48.46 % while female literacy rate was 32.58 %.

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

Pawdha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 154 - -
Population 758 374 384
Child (0-6) 155 81 74
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 657 315 342
Literacy 40.30 % 48.46 % 32.58 %
Total Workers 442 212 230
Main Worker 174 - -
Marginal Worker 268 62 206

Caste Factor

In Pawdha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.68 % of total population in Pawdha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pawdha village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Pawdha village out of total population, 442 were engaged in work activities. 39.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 442 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.