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Watekasa Population - Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Watekasa is a medium size village located in Lanji Tehsil of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh with total 270 families residing. The Watekasa village has population of 1191 of which 583 are males while 608 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Watekasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 11.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Watekasa village is 1043 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Watekasa as per census is 844, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Watekasa village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Watekasa village was 75.41 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Watekasa Male literacy stands at 86.56 % while female literacy rate was 65.01 %.

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

Watekasa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 270 - -
Population 1,191 583 608
Child (0-6) 142 77 65
Schedule Caste 120 51 69
Schedule Tribe 216 105 111
Literacy 75.41 % 86.56 % 65.01 %
Total Workers 679 345 334
Main Worker 545 - -
Marginal Worker 134 33 101

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 18.14 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.08 % of total population in Watekasa village.

Work Profile

In Watekasa village out of total population, 679 were engaged in work activities. 80.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 679 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 368 were Agricultural labourer.