Padwa or Pandwa is one of the administrative community development block of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. The Pandwa block has 8,985 households with aggregate population of 46,957. The block has 8 panchayats and about 34 villages.
Pandwa is a part of Chhatarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census, Padwa block had a population of 46,957. Padwa block had a sex ratio of 930 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 65.56%: 77.35% for males and 52.84% for females. 7,629 (16.25%) were under 7 years of age. The entire population lived in rural areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were 13,927 (29.66%) and 1,664 (3.54%) of the population, respectively.
See also Chhatarpur Assembly Palamu Loksabha constituency Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Jharkhand Palamu
References
External links Blocks of Palamu district Details of Pandwa block Details of villages under Pandwa block