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Gawa Population - Sehore, Madhya Pradesh

Gawa is a medium size village located in Shyampur Tehsil of Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh with total 241 families residing. The Gawa village has population of 1151 of which 599 are males while 552 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 195 which makes up 16.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawa village is 922 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawa as per census is 806, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gawa village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawa village was 43.51 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gawa Male literacy stands at 52.95 % while female literacy rate was 33.55 %.

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

Gawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 1,151 599 552
Child (0-6) 195 108 87
Schedule Caste 160 89 71
Schedule Tribe 26 12 14
Literacy 43.51 % 52.95 % 33.55 %
Total Workers 453 314 139
Main Worker 406 - -
Marginal Worker 47 31 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.90 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.26 % of total population in Gawa village.

Work Profile

In Gawa village out of total population, 453 were engaged in work activities. 89.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 453 workers engaged in Main Work, 213 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 186 were Agricultural labourer.