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Kherwa Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Kherwa is a medium size village located in Jarmundi Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 134 families residing. The Kherwa village has population of 625 of which 308 are males while 317 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kherwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 15.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kherwa village is 1029 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kherwa as per census is 833, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kherwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kherwa village was 53.42 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kherwa Male literacy stands at 70.47 % while female literacy rate was 37.50 %.

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 134 - -
Population 625 308 317
Child (0-6) 99 54 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 430 212 218
Literacy 53.42 % 70.47 % 37.50 %
Total Workers 285 148 137
Main Worker 114 - -
Marginal Worker 171 45 126

Caste Factor

In Kherwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.80 % of total population in Kherwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kherwa village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Kherwa village out of total population, 285 were engaged in work activities. 40.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 285 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.