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Kherwani Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Kherwani is a medium size village located in Dhanwar Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 148 families residing. The Kherwani village has population of 1092 of which 587 are males while 505 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kherwani village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 16.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kherwani village is 860 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kherwani as per census is 586, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kherwani village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kherwani village was 71.18 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kherwani Male literacy stands at 84.87 % while female literacy rate was 56.36 %.

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

Kherwani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 148 - -
Population 1,092 587 505
Child (0-6) 176 111 65
Schedule Caste 708 377 331
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.18 % 84.87 % 56.36 %
Total Workers 548 263 285
Main Worker 98 - -
Marginal Worker 450 186 264

Caste Factor

In Kherwani village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.84 % of total population in Kherwani village. The village Kherwani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kherwani village out of total population, 548 were engaged in work activities. 17.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 548 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.