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Mahua Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Mahua is a medium size village located in Jarmundi Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 178 families residing. The Mahua village has population of 893 of which 478 are males while 415 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahua village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 16.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahua village is 868 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahua as per census is 750, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Mahua village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahua village was 73.73 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Mahua Male literacy stands at 92.13 % while female literacy rate was 53.13 %.

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

Mahua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 178 - -
Population 893 478 415
Child (0-6) 147 84 63
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 40 20 20
Literacy 73.73 % 92.13 % 53.13 %
Total Workers 255 235 20
Main Worker 204 - -
Marginal Worker 51 45 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 4.48 % of total population in Mahua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mahua village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Mahua village out of total population, 255 were engaged in work activities. 80.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 255 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.