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Kherwa Population - Deoghar, Jharkhand

Kherwa is a medium size village located in Palojori Block of Deoghar district, Jharkhand with total 92 families residing. The Kherwa village has population of 551 of which 293 are males while 258 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kherwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 17.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kherwa village is 881 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kherwa as per census is 1063, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kherwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kherwa village was 66.59 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kherwa Male literacy stands at 80.82 % while female literacy rate was 49.76 %.

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

Kherwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 92 - -
Population 551 293 258
Child (0-6) 99 48 51
Schedule Caste 105 52 53
Schedule Tribe 66 34 32
Literacy 66.59 % 80.82 % 49.76 %
Total Workers 178 145 33
Main Worker 15 - -
Marginal Worker 163 136 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.06 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 11.98 % of total population in Kherwa village.

Work Profile

In Kherwa village out of total population, 178 were engaged in work activities. 8.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 178 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.