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Nawa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Nawa is a medium size village located in Tarhasi Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 248 families residing. The Nawa village has population of 1150 of which 569 are males while 581 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 162 which makes up 14.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nawa village is 1021 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Nawa as per census is 1250, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Nawa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Nawa village was 53.44 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Nawa Male literacy stands at 63.78 % while female literacy rate was 42.97 %.

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

Nawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 248 - -
Population 1,150 569 581
Child (0-6) 162 72 90
Schedule Caste 245 119 126
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.44 % 63.78 % 42.97 %
Total Workers 298 234 64
Main Worker 90 - -
Marginal Worker 208 150 58

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.30 % of total population in Nawa village. The village Nawa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nawa village out of total population, 298 were engaged in work activities. 30.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 298 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.