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Kherwa Population - Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Kherwa is a medium size village located in Jobat Tehsil of Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 225 families residing. The Kherwa village has population of 1225 of which 635 are males while 590 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kherwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 242 which makes up 19.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kherwa village is 929 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Kherwa as per census is 967, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Kherwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kherwa village was 45.17 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Kherwa Male literacy stands at 53.91 % while female literacy rate was 35.67 %.

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

Kherwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,225 635 590
Child (0-6) 242 123 119
Schedule Caste 20 11 9
Schedule Tribe 1,205 624 581
Literacy 45.17 % 53.91 % 35.67 %
Total Workers 613 307 306
Main Worker 604 - -
Marginal Worker 9 6 3

Caste Factor

In Kherwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.37 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.63 % of total population in Kherwa village.

Work Profile

In Kherwa village out of total population, 613 were engaged in work activities. 98.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 613 workers engaged in Main Work, 581 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.