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Megal Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Megal is a medium size village located in Vadgam Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 374 families residing. The Megal village has population of 1726 of which 878 are males while 848 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Megal village population of children with age 0-6 is 221 which makes up 12.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Megal village is 966 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Megal as per census is 1028, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Megal village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Megal village was 73.69 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Megal Male literacy stands at 86.22 % while female literacy rate was 60.60 %.

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

Megal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 374 - -
Population 1,726 878 848
Child (0-6) 221 109 112
Schedule Caste 291 150 141
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.69 % 86.22 % 60.60 %
Total Workers 637 478 159
Main Worker 616 - -
Marginal Worker 21 14 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.86 % of total population in Megal village. The village Megal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Megal village out of total population, 637 were engaged in work activities. 96.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 637 workers engaged in Main Work, 200 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 190 were Agricultural labourer.