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Nowadih Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Nowadih is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 184 families residing. The Nowadih village has population of 1012 of which 535 are males while 477 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nowadih village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 9.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nowadih village is 892 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nowadih as per census is 667, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nowadih village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nowadih village was 63.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nowadih Male literacy stands at 74.69 % while female literacy rate was 50.34 %.

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

Nowadih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 1,012 535 477
Child (0-6) 95 57 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 295 167 128
Literacy 63.03 % 74.69 % 50.34 %
Total Workers 614 338 276
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 527 266 261

Caste Factor

Nowadih village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 29.15 % of total population in Nowadih village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nowadih village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Nowadih village out of total population, 614 were engaged in work activities. 14.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 614 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.