Padwa block
Block in Jharkhand, India
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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.
Padwa | |
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Block | |
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  Padwa Location in Jharkhand, India | |
| Coordinates: 24.173599°N 84.060195°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Palamu |
| Block | Padwa |
| Government | |
| • MLA | Radha Krishna Kishore Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 46,957 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Magahi, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 822123 |
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.[2]