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Gawha Population - Barwani, Madhya Pradesh

Gawha is a medium size village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh with total 161 families residing. The Gawha village has population of 1000 of which 506 are males while 494 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawha village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 21.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawha village is 976 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawha as per census is 896, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gawha village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawha village was 55.63 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gawha Male literacy stands at 64.45 % while female literacy rate was 46.80 %.

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

Gawha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 161 - -
Population 1,000 506 494
Child (0-6) 218 115 103
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 999 506 493
Literacy 55.63 % 64.45 % 46.80 %
Total Workers 505 251 254
Main Worker 311 - -
Marginal Worker 194 29 165

Caste Factor

In Gawha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.90 % of total population in Gawha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gawha village of Barwani.

Work Profile

In Gawha village out of total population, 505 were engaged in work activities. 61.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 505 workers engaged in Main Work, 237 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.