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Kuwa Population - Nandurbar, Maharashtra

Kuwa is a medium size village located in Akkalkuwa Taluka of Nandurbar district, Maharashtra with total 299 families residing. The Kuwa village has population of 1436 of which 722 are males while 714 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kuwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 281 which makes up 19.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kuwa village is 989 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Kuwa as per census is 951, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Kuwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Kuwa village was 57.75 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Kuwa Male literacy stands at 66.78 % while female literacy rate was 48.70 %.

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

Kuwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 299 - -
Population 1,436 722 714
Child (0-6) 281 144 137
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,433 720 713
Literacy 57.75 % 66.78 % 48.70 %
Total Workers 621 299 322
Main Worker 551 - -
Marginal Worker 70 10 60

Caste Factor

In Kuwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.79 % of total population in Kuwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kuwa village of Nandurbar.

Work Profile

In Kuwa village out of total population, 621 were engaged in work activities. 88.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 621 workers engaged in Main Work, 479 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 63 were Agricultural labourer.