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Kurwan Population - Jashpur, Chhattisgarh

Kurwan is a medium size village located in Bagicha Tehsil of Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh with total 159 families residing. The Kurwan village has population of 649 of which 338 are males while 311 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 17.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurwan village is 920 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurwan as per census is 931, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Kurwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurwan village was 52.33 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Kurwan Male literacy stands at 61.43 % while female literacy rate was 42.41 %.

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

Kurwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 159 - -
Population 649 338 311
Child (0-6) 112 58 54
Schedule Caste 19 11 8
Schedule Tribe 456 236 220
Literacy 52.33 % 61.43 % 42.41 %
Total Workers 390 199 191
Main Worker 168 - -
Marginal Worker 222 50 172

Caste Factor

In Kurwan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.26 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.93 % of total population in Kurwan village.

Work Profile

In Kurwan village out of total population, 390 were engaged in work activities. 43.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 390 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 92 were Agricultural labourer.