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Charkha Population - Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Charkha is a medium size village located in Bhitarwar Tehsil of Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh with total 309 families residing. The Charkha village has population of 1725 of which 922 are males while 803 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Charkha village population of children with age 0-6 is 285 which makes up 16.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Charkha village is 871 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Charkha as per census is 815, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Charkha village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Charkha village was 65.56 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Charkha Male literacy stands at 77.12 % while female literacy rate was 52.44 %.

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

Charkha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 309 - -
Population 1,725 922 803
Child (0-6) 285 157 128
Schedule Caste 514 275 239
Schedule Tribe 87 47 40
Literacy 65.56 % 77.12 % 52.44 %
Total Workers 585 515 70
Main Worker 421 - -
Marginal Worker 164 105 59

Caste Factor

Charkha village of Gwalior has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.80 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.04 % of total population in Charkha village.

Work Profile

In Charkha village out of total population, 585 were engaged in work activities. 71.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 585 workers engaged in Main Work, 346 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.