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Purwa Population - Damoh, Madhya Pradesh

Purwa is a small village located in Batiyagarh Tehsil of Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh with total 39 families residing. The Purwa village has population of 161 of which 84 are males while 77 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 14.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purwa village is 917 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Purwa as per census is 1000, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Purwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purwa village was 71.53 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Purwa Male literacy stands at 79.17 % while female literacy rate was 63.08 %.

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

Purwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 39 - -
Population 161 84 77
Child (0-6) 24 12 12
Schedule Caste 30 16 14
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.53 % 79.17 % 63.08 %
Total Workers 77 45 32
Main Worker 20 - -
Marginal Worker 57 26 31

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.63 % of total population in Purwa village. The village Purwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purwa village out of total population, 77 were engaged in work activities. 25.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 77 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.