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Gandhiya Population - Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Gandhiya is a medium size village located in Jaisinghnagar Tehsil of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh with total 447 families residing. The Gandhiya village has population of 1660 of which 838 are males while 822 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 268 which makes up 16.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhiya village is 981 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhiya as per census is 1127, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gandhiya village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhiya village was 67.31 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gandhiya Male literacy stands at 79.63 % while female literacy rate was 54.41 %.

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

Gandhiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 447 - -
Population 1,660 838 822
Child (0-6) 268 126 142
Schedule Caste 164 95 69
Schedule Tribe 1,082 522 560
Literacy 67.31 % 79.63 % 54.41 %
Total Workers 869 471 398
Main Worker 244 - -
Marginal Worker 625 248 377

Caste Factor

In Gandhiya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 65.18 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.88 % of total population in Gandhiya village.

Work Profile

In Gandhiya village out of total population, 869 were engaged in work activities. 28.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 869 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.