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Gehandi Population - Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh

Gehandi is a medium size village located in Petlawad Tehsil of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh with total 252 families residing. The Gehandi village has population of 1165 of which 584 are males while 581 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gehandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 17.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gehandi village is 995 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gehandi as per census is 872, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gehandi village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gehandi village was 63.27 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gehandi Male literacy stands at 76.00 % while female literacy rate was 50.82 %.

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

Gehandi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 252 - -
Population 1,165 584 581
Child (0-6) 204 109 95
Schedule Caste 29 11 18
Schedule Tribe 833 415 418
Literacy 63.27 % 76.00 % 50.82 %
Total Workers 594 325 269
Main Worker 278 - -
Marginal Worker 316 103 213

Caste Factor

In Gehandi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 71.50 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.49 % of total population in Gehandi village.

Work Profile

In Gehandi village out of total population, 594 were engaged in work activities. 46.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 594 workers engaged in Main Work, 151 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.