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Surlay Population - Dewas, Madhya Pradesh

Surlay is a medium size village located in Satwas Tehsil of Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh with total 183 families residing. The Surlay village has population of 863 of which 456 are males while 407 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Surlay village population of children with age 0-6 is 168 which makes up 19.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Surlay village is 893 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Surlay as per census is 867, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Surlay village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Surlay village was 50.50 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Surlay Male literacy stands at 59.56 % while female literacy rate was 40.43 %.

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

Surlay Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 183 - -
Population 863 456 407
Child (0-6) 168 90 78
Schedule Caste 6 5 1
Schedule Tribe 629 327 302
Literacy 50.50 % 59.56 % 40.43 %
Total Workers 359 209 150
Main Worker 118 - -
Marginal Worker 241 105 136

Caste Factor

In Surlay village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.89 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.70 % of total population in Surlay village.

Work Profile

In Surlay village out of total population, 359 were engaged in work activities. 32.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 359 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 82 were Agricultural labourer.