Village · Padwa, Palamu
# Barwadih

Barwadih is a village in Padwa sub-district of Palamu district, Jharkhand, PIN code 822123. The 2011 Census counted 1,104 people in 246 households, the 21st largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.
- 1,104 people (2011)
- 246 households
- 50.1% literacy
- 822123 PIN code

## Barwadih PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Barwadih is 822123. Barwadih falls in Padwa sub-district, Palamu district, Jharkhand.
- PIN code 822123
- Gram panchayat Chhechhauri
- Community development block Padwa
- Census village code 366009

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Barwadih from nearby towns?
- Padwa (sub-district HQ) 16 km by road
- Medininagar (district HQ) 35 km by road
- Daltonganj (nearest town) 35 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Barwadih?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Barwadih; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Medininagar
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Daltonganj
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Medininagar
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 7 h summer · 15 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Barwadih known for?

The main crops are rice. About 41% of the 407 hectares of village land is sown, and 44 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Barwadih

Of every 100 households in Barwadih in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barwadih · ■ Padwa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 16%
- Toilet within the home 6% 8%
- No toilet (open defecation) 94% 91%
- Tap water 5% 5%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 21%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 89%
- Use banking services 19% 64%
- Television 2% 22%
- Mobile phone 14% 60%
- Computer with internet 2% 1%
- Two-wheeler 0% 12%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 41% 17%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Barwadih?

■ Barwadih · ■ Padwa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 50.1% 65.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 954 930
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1227 948
- Working population 45.9% 42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.1% for men and 31.3% for women. 53% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 34 (7%) · ■ Farm labourers 16 (3%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 5 (1%) · ■ Marginal 451 (89%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Padwa
- Sika 1,178 people
- Lami 1,171 people
- Bhusra 1,114 people
- Manahar 1,112 people
- Kajarma 1,084 people
- Sakhua 1,083 people
- Jhari 1,059 people
- Dulhi 935 people

All 34 villages in Padwa

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Barwadih? 822123
- How far is Barwadih from Medininagar? 35 km by road
- What is the population of Barwadih? 1,104 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barwadih in? Palamu district (Padwa sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Barwadih? 50.1% (Census 2011)

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