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Kurwa Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Kurwa is a medium size village located in Saraiyahat Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 58 families residing. The Kurwa village has population of 283 of which 134 are males while 149 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 21.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurwa village is 1112 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurwa as per census is 1727, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kurwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurwa village was 54.26 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kurwa Male literacy stands at 70.54 % while female literacy rate was 37.84 %.

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

Kurwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 58 - -
Population 283 134 149
Child (0-6) 60 22 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.26 % 70.54 % 37.84 %
Total Workers 136 67 69
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 70 5 65

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Kurwa village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 48.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.