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Palwa Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Palwa is a medium size village located in Sonhaula Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 379 families residing. The Palwa village has population of 1931 of which 1011 are males while 920 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 292 which makes up 15.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palwa village is 910 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Palwa as per census is 947, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Palwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Palwa village was 30.20 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Palwa Male literacy stands at 37.40 % while female literacy rate was 22.24 %.

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

Palwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 379 - -
Population 1,931 1,011 920
Child (0-6) 292 150 142
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 30.20 % 37.40 % 22.24 %
Total Workers 927 485 442
Main Worker 9 - -
Marginal Worker 918 480 438

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Palwa village of Bhagalpur district.

Work Profile

In Palwa village out of total population, 927 were engaged in work activities. 0.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 99.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 927 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.