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Alwa Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Alwa is a medium size village located in Darbha Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 317 families residing. The Alwa village has population of 1399 of which 647 are males while 752 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Alwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 280 which makes up 20.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alwa village is 1162 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Alwa as per census is 1276, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Alwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Alwa village was 29.94 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Alwa Male literacy stands at 33.40 % while female literacy rate was 26.89 %.

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

Alwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 317 - -
Population 1,399 647 752
Child (0-6) 280 123 157
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,371 633 738
Literacy 29.94 % 33.40 % 26.89 %
Total Workers 857 404 453
Main Worker 136 - -
Marginal Worker 721 278 443

Caste Factor

In Alwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.00 % of total population in Alwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Alwa village of Bastar.

Work Profile

In Alwa village out of total population, 857 were engaged in work activities. 15.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 857 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.