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Tighra Population - Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Tighra is a medium size village located in Gwalior (Gird) Tehsil of Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh with total 289 families residing. The Tighra village has population of 1390 of which 745 are males while 645 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tighra village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 12.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tighra village is 866 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Tighra as per census is 903, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Tighra village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Tighra village was 74.69 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Tighra Male literacy stands at 86.50 % while female literacy rate was 60.96 %.

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

Tighra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 289 - -
Population 1,390 745 645
Child (0-6) 177 93 84
Schedule Caste 243 130 113
Schedule Tribe 91 48 43
Literacy 74.69 % 86.50 % 60.96 %
Total Workers 424 371 53
Main Worker 319 - -
Marginal Worker 105 93 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.48 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.55 % of total population in Tighra village.

Work Profile

In Tighra village out of total population, 424 were engaged in work activities. 75.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 424 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.