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Mekhawaya Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Mekhawaya is a medium size village located in Chhindgarh Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 301 families residing. The Mekhawaya village has population of 1340 of which 632 are males while 708 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mekhawaya village population of children with age 0-6 is 260 which makes up 19.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mekhawaya village is 1120 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Mekhawaya as per census is 1167, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Mekhawaya village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Mekhawaya village was 22.22 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Mekhawaya Male literacy stands at 36.72 % while female literacy rate was 9.15 %.

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

Mekhawaya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 301 - -
Population 1,340 632 708
Child (0-6) 260 120 140
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,288 610 678
Literacy 22.22 % 36.72 % 9.15 %
Total Workers 732 360 372
Main Worker 311 - -
Marginal Worker 421 113 308

Caste Factor

In Mekhawaya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.12 % of total population in Mekhawaya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mekhawaya village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Mekhawaya village out of total population, 732 were engaged in work activities. 42.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 732 workers engaged in Main Work, 252 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.