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Southwa Population - Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh

Southwa is a large village located in Sheopur Tehsil of Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 446 families residing. The Southwa village has population of 2244 of which 1171 are males while 1073 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Southwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 360 which makes up 16.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Southwa village is 916 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Southwa as per census is 856, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Southwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Southwa village was 59.34 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Southwa Male literacy stands at 75.44 % while female literacy rate was 42.01 %.

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

Southwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 446 - -
Population 2,244 1,171 1,073
Child (0-6) 360 194 166
Schedule Caste 289 167 122
Schedule Tribe 21 14 7
Literacy 59.34 % 75.44 % 42.01 %
Total Workers 823 604 219
Main Worker 562 - -
Marginal Worker 261 63 198

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.88 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.94 % of total population in Southwa village.

Work Profile

In Southwa village out of total population, 823 were engaged in work activities. 68.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 823 workers engaged in Main Work, 436 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.