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Vaktapura Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Vaktapura is a medium size village located in Dhanera Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 269 families residing. The Vaktapura village has population of 1509 of which 768 are males while 741 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vaktapura village population of children with age 0-6 is 262 which makes up 17.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vaktapura village is 965 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Vaktapura as per census is 845, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Vaktapura village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Vaktapura village was 55.81 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Vaktapura Male literacy stands at 71.09 % while female literacy rate was 40.42 %.

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

Vaktapura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 269 - -
Population 1,509 768 741
Child (0-6) 262 142 120
Schedule Caste 212 109 103
Schedule Tribe 56 25 31
Literacy 55.81 % 71.09 % 40.42 %
Total Workers 692 384 308
Main Worker 628 - -
Marginal Worker 64 12 52

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.05 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.71 % of total population in Vaktapura village.

Work Profile

In Vaktapura village out of total population, 692 were engaged in work activities. 90.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 692 workers engaged in Main Work, 287 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 303 were Agricultural labourer.