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Purwa Population - Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Purwa is a medium size village located in Mandla Tehsil of Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh with total 341 families residing. The Purwa village has population of 1493 of which 766 are males while 727 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 11.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purwa village is 949 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Purwa as per census is 913, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Purwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Purwa village was 86.33 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Purwa Male literacy stands at 94.07 % while female literacy rate was 78.23 %.

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 341 - -
Population 1,493 766 727
Child (0-6) 176 92 84
Schedule Caste 321 172 149
Schedule Tribe 29 15 14
Literacy 86.33 % 94.07 % 78.23 %
Total Workers 695 433 262
Main Worker 511 - -
Marginal Worker 184 95 89

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.50 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.94 % of total population in Purwa village.

Work Profile

In Purwa village out of total population, 695 were engaged in work activities. 73.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 695 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 121 were Agricultural labourer.