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Puwala Population - Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh

Puwala is a medium size village located in Ranapur Tehsil of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh with total 252 families residing. The Puwala village has population of 1022 of which 519 are males while 503 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puwala village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 16.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puwala village is 969 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Puwala as per census is 1024, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Puwala village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Puwala village was 22.71 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Puwala Male literacy stands at 29.49 % while female literacy rate was 15.63 %.

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

Puwala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 252 - -
Population 1,022 519 503
Child (0-6) 172 85 87
Schedule Caste 1 0 1
Schedule Tribe 1,017 518 499
Literacy 22.71 % 29.49 % 15.63 %
Total Workers 669 331 338
Main Worker 557 - -
Marginal Worker 112 69 43

Caste Factor

In Puwala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.51 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.10 % of total population in Puwala village.

Work Profile

In Puwala village out of total population, 669 were engaged in work activities. 83.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 669 workers engaged in Main Work, 541 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.