Purwa Population - Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh

Purwa is a large village located in Chhatarpur Tehsil of Chhattarpur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 424 families residing. The Purwa village has population of 2029 of which 1063 are males while 966 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 325 which makes up 16.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purwa village is 909 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Purwa as per census is 729, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Purwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purwa village was 59.98 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Purwa Male literacy stands at 69.83 % while female literacy rate was 49.58 %.

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

Purwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	424	-	-
Population	2,029	1,063	966
Child (0-6)	325	188	137
Schedule Caste	723	374	349
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	59.98 %	69.83 %	49.58 %
Total Workers	762	479	283
Main Worker	649	-	-
Marginal Worker	113	40	73

Caste Factor

In Purwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.63 % of total population in Purwa village. The village Purwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purwa village out of total population, 762 were engaged in work activities. 85.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 762 workers engaged in Main Work, 266 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 287 were Agricultural labourer.