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Gerkhedi Population - Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh

Gerkhedi is a medium size village located in Shujalpur Tehsil of Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 254 families residing. The Gerkhedi village has population of 1517 of which 778 are males while 739 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gerkhedi village population of children with age 0-6 is 248 which makes up 16.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gerkhedi village is 950 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gerkhedi as per census is 893, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gerkhedi village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gerkhedi village was 73.21 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gerkhedi Male literacy stands at 87.02 % while female literacy rate was 58.84 %.

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

Gerkhedi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 254 - -
Population 1,517 778 739
Child (0-6) 248 131 117
Schedule Caste 196 102 94
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.21 % 87.02 % 58.84 %
Total Workers 730 405 325
Main Worker 509 - -
Marginal Worker 221 16 205

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.92 % of total population in Gerkhedi village. The village Gerkhedi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gerkhedi village out of total population, 730 were engaged in work activities. 69.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 730 workers engaged in Main Work, 271 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 161 were Agricultural labourer.