Keshwai Population, Caste, Working Data Giridih, Jharkhand - Census 2011

Keshwai is a village situated in Sariya block of Giridih district in Jharkhand. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,335 families residing in the village Keshwai. The total population of Keshwai is 9,625 out of which 5,068 are males and 4,557 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Keshwai is 899.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Keshwai village is 1754 which is 18% of the total population. There are 914 male children and 840 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Keshwai is 919 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (899) of Keshwai village.

Population
9,625
Families
1,335
Literacy
71.39%
Sex Ratio
899

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Keshwai is 71.4%. Thus Keshwai village has higher literacy rate compared to 51.3% of Giridih district. The male literacy rate is 86.69% and the female literacy rate is 54.29% in Keshwai village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Keshwai village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Keshwai Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Keshwai village.

Total Male Female
Children 1,754 914 840
Literacy 71.39% 86.69% 54.29%
Scheduled Caste 1,106 584 522
Scheduled Tribe 213 113 100
Illiterate 4,006 1,467 2,539

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.5% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.2% of total population in Keshwai village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Keshwai village out of total population, 4,207 were engaged in work activities. 37.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4,207 workers engaged in Main Work, 431 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 124 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 1,596 1,427 169
Cultivators 431 325 106
Agriculture Labourer 124 118 6
Household Industries 14 9 5
Other Workers 1,027 975 52
Marginal Workers 2,611 1,071 1,540
Non Working 5,418 2,570 2,848

Nearby Villages to Keshwai,

Below are the list of villages near Keshwai village in Sariya.

Village Population
Dumariatanr 763
Barwadih 3,095
Nagar Keswari 4,841
Saria Khurd 5,156
Balhedih 1,129
Sabalpur 5,179
Karnodih 1,212
Urro 1,910
Bhagnatanr 372
Jharha 202

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