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Wav Population - Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Wav is a medium size village located in Alirajpur Tehsil of Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 174 families residing. The Wav village has population of 1239 of which 564 are males while 675 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wav village population of children with age 0-6 is 301 which makes up 24.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wav village is 1197 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Wav as per census is 1150, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Wav village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Wav village was 23.13 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Wav Male literacy stands at 22.64 % while female literacy rate was 23.54 %.

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

Wav Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 174 - -
Population 1,239 564 675
Child (0-6) 301 140 161
Schedule Caste 102 45 57
Schedule Tribe 1,115 507 608
Literacy 23.13 % 22.64 % 23.54 %
Total Workers 635 299 336
Main Worker 304 - -
Marginal Worker 331 140 191

Caste Factor

In Wav village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.99 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.23 % of total population in Wav village.

Work Profile

In Wav village out of total population, 635 were engaged in work activities. 47.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 635 workers engaged in Main Work, 202 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 92 were Agricultural labourer.