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Orwai Population - Latehar, Jharkhand

Orwai is a medium size village located in Latehar Block of Latehar district, Jharkhand with total 113 families residing. The Orwai village has population of 535 of which 263 are males while 272 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Orwai village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 20.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Orwai village is 1034 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Orwai as per census is 1019, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Orwai village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Orwai village was 56.81 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Orwai Male literacy stands at 73.21 % while female literacy rate was 41.01 %.

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

Orwai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 113 - -
Population 535 263 272
Child (0-6) 109 54 55
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 524 259 265
Literacy 56.81 % 73.21 % 41.01 %
Total Workers 251 125 126
Main Worker 49 - -
Marginal Worker 202 80 122

Caste Factor

In Orwai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.94 % of total population in Orwai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Orwai village of Latehar.

Work Profile

In Orwai village out of total population, 251 were engaged in work activities. 19.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 251 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.