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Payra Population - Damoh, Madhya Pradesh

Payra is a medium size village located in Damoh Tehsil of Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh with total 254 families residing. The Payra village has population of 1112 of which 599 are males while 513 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Payra village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 13.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Payra village is 856 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Payra as per census is 1183, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Payra village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Payra village was 80.56 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Payra Male literacy stands at 88.26 % while female literacy rate was 71.10 %.

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

Payra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 254 - -
Population 1,112 599 513
Child (0-6) 155 71 84
Schedule Caste 201 105 96
Schedule Tribe 5 4 1
Literacy 80.56 % 88.26 % 71.10 %
Total Workers 567 347 220
Main Worker 563 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.08 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.45 % of total population in Payra village.

Work Profile

In Payra village out of total population, 567 were engaged in work activities. 99.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 567 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 412 were Agricultural labourer.