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Gahwan Population - Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Gahwan is a medium size village located in Alirajpur Tehsil of Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 265 families residing. The Gahwan village has population of 1974 of which 1025 are males while 949 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 557 which makes up 28.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahwan village is 926 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahwan as per census is 948, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gahwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahwan village was 35.43 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gahwan Male literacy stands at 42.08 % while female literacy rate was 28.17 %.

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

Gahwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,974 1,025 949
Child (0-6) 557 286 271
Schedule Caste 1 0 1
Schedule Tribe 1,957 1,015 942
Literacy 35.43 % 42.08 % 28.17 %
Total Workers 1,010 534 476
Main Worker 588 - -
Marginal Worker 422 233 189

Caste Factor

In Gahwan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.14 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.05 % of total population in Gahwan village.

Work Profile

In Gahwan village out of total population, 1010 were engaged in work activities. 58.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1010 workers engaged in Main Work, 568 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.