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Purwa Population - Rewa, Madhya Pradesh

Purwa is a medium size village located in Naigarhi Tehsil of Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh with total 379 families residing. The Purwa village has population of 1532 of which 800 are males while 732 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 244 which makes up 15.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purwa village is 915 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Purwa as per census is 952, 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 72.05 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Purwa Male literacy stands at 82.96 % while female literacy rate was 60.03 %.

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 379 - -
Population 1,532 800 732
Child (0-6) 244 125 119
Schedule Caste 361 189 172
Schedule Tribe 113 64 49
Literacy 72.05 % 82.96 % 60.03 %
Total Workers 559 395 164
Main Worker 541 - -
Marginal Worker 18 13 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.56 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7.38 % of total population in Purwa village.

Work Profile

In Purwa village out of total population, 559 were engaged in work activities. 96.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 559 workers engaged in Main Work, 156 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 338 were Agricultural labourer.