Banua Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Banua is a medium size village located in Meral (Pipra Kalan) Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 126 families residing. The Banua village has population of 672 of which 354 are males while 318 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banua village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 14.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banua village is 898 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Banua as per census is 750, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Banua village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Banua village was 58.89 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Banua Male literacy stands at 73.15 % while female literacy rate was 43.48 %.

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

Banua Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	126	-	-
Population	672	354	318
Child (0-6)	98	56	42
Schedule Caste	205	112	93
Schedule Tribe	456	235	221
Literacy	58.89 %	73.15 %	43.48 %
Total Workers	149	143	6
Main Worker	136	-	-
Marginal Worker	13	11	2

Caste Factor

In Banua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 67.86 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 30.51 % of total population in Banua village.

Work Profile

In Banua village out of total population, 149 were engaged in work activities. 91.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 149 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.