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Baraj Population - Sagar, Madhya Pradesh

Baraj is a medium size village located in Shahgarh Tehsil of Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 429 families residing. The Baraj village has population of 1858 of which 965 are males while 893 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Baraj village population of children with age 0-6 is 230 which makes up 12.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Baraj village is 925 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Baraj as per census is 1110, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Baraj village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Baraj village was 71.13 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Baraj Male literacy stands at 82.01 % while female literacy rate was 59.07 %.

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

Baraj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 429 - -
Population 1,858 965 893
Child (0-6) 230 109 121
Schedule Caste 648 351 297
Schedule Tribe 6 2 4
Literacy 71.13 % 82.01 % 59.07 %
Total Workers 798 534 264
Main Worker 596 - -
Marginal Worker 202 96 106

Caste Factor

Baraj village of Sagar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.88 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.32 % of total population in Baraj village.

Work Profile

In Baraj village out of total population, 798 were engaged in work activities. 74.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 798 workers engaged in Main Work, 289 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 228 were Agricultural labourer.