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Patalwa Population - Purnia, Bihar

Patalwa is a medium size village located in Amour Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 141 families residing. The Patalwa village has population of 596 of which 329 are males while 267 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Patalwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 19.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Patalwa village is 812 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Patalwa as per census is 900, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Patalwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Patalwa village was 61.00 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Patalwa Male literacy stands at 72.49 % while female literacy rate was 46.48 %.

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

Patalwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 141 - -
Population 596 329 267
Child (0-6) 114 60 54
Schedule Caste 92 55 37
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.00 % 72.49 % 46.48 %
Total Workers 170 159 11
Main Worker 160 - -
Marginal Worker 10 9 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.44 % of total population in Patalwa village. The village Patalwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Patalwa village out of total population, 170 were engaged in work activities. 94.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 170 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 142 were Agricultural labourer.