Kotwa Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Kotwa is a medium size village located in Chakradharpur Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 268 families residing. The Kotwa village has population of 1325 of which 625 are males while 700 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kotwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 274 which makes up 20.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kotwa village is 1120 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kotwa as per census is 1383, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kotwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kotwa village was 60.51 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kotwa Male literacy stands at 80.39 % while female literacy rate was 41.77 %.

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

Kotwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	268	-	-
Population	1,325	625	700
Child (0-6)	274	115	159
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	831	377	454
Literacy	60.51 %	80.39 %	41.77 %
Total Workers	718	341	377
Main Worker	282	-	-
Marginal Worker	436	154	282

Caste Factor

In Kotwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 62.72 % of total population in Kotwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kotwa village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Kotwa village out of total population, 718 were engaged in work activities. 39.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 718 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.