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Gelana Population - Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh

Gelana is a medium size village located in Susner Tehsil of Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 274 families residing. The Gelana village has population of 1385 of which 693 are males while 692 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gelana village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 14.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gelana village is 999 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gelana as per census is 980, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gelana village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gelana village was 61.94 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gelana Male literacy stands at 77.70 % while female literacy rate was 46.21 %.

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

Gelana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,385 693 692
Child (0-6) 200 101 99
Schedule Caste 448 232 216
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.94 % 77.70 % 46.21 %
Total Workers 788 405 383
Main Worker 386 - -
Marginal Worker 402 90 312

Caste Factor

Gelana village of Shajapur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.35 % of total population in Gelana village. The village Gelana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gelana village out of total population, 788 were engaged in work activities. 48.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 788 workers engaged in Main Work, 201 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 157 were Agricultural labourer.