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Kathon Population - Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh

Kathon is a large village located in Vijaypur Tehsil of Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 690 families residing. The Kathon village has population of 3035 of which 1619 are males while 1416 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kathon village population of children with age 0-6 is 461 which makes up 15.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kathon village is 875 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Kathon as per census is 945, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Kathon village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kathon village was 54.43 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Kathon Male literacy stands at 63.97 % while female literacy rate was 43.37 %.

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

Kathon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 690 - -
Population 3,035 1,619 1,416
Child (0-6) 461 237 224
Schedule Caste 687 384 303
Schedule Tribe 3 2 1
Literacy 54.43 % 63.97 % 43.37 %
Total Workers 1,355 843 512
Main Worker 670 - -
Marginal Worker 685 342 343

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.10 % of total population in Kathon village.

Work Profile

In Kathon village out of total population, 1355 were engaged in work activities. 49.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1355 workers engaged in Main Work, 386 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 228 were Agricultural labourer.