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Kherwas Population - Dhar, Madhya Pradesh

Kherwas is a medium size village located in Badnawar Tehsil of Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh with total 226 families residing. The Kherwas village has population of 1035 of which 523 are males while 512 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kherwas village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 16.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kherwas village is 979 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Kherwas as per census is 1061, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Kherwas village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kherwas village was 63.97 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Kherwas Male literacy stands at 77.78 % while female literacy rate was 49.65 %.

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

Kherwas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 226 - -
Population 1,035 523 512
Child (0-6) 169 82 87
Schedule Caste 618 314 304
Schedule Tribe 164 80 84
Literacy 63.97 % 77.78 % 49.65 %
Total Workers 552 298 254
Main Worker 387 - -
Marginal Worker 165 42 123

Caste Factor

In Kherwas village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.71 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 15.85 % of total population in Kherwas village.

Work Profile

In Kherwas village out of total population, 552 were engaged in work activities. 70.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 552 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 244 were Agricultural labourer.