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Shiya Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Shiya is a medium size village located in Kankrej Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 243 families residing. The Shiya village has population of 1470 of which 761 are males while 709 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 214 which makes up 14.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shiya village is 932 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Shiya as per census is 1000, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Shiya village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Shiya village was 64.73 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Shiya Male literacy stands at 73.55 % while female literacy rate was 55.15 %.

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

Shiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 243 - -
Population 1,470 761 709
Child (0-6) 214 107 107
Schedule Caste 494 260 234
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.73 % 73.55 % 55.15 %
Total Workers 782 467 315
Main Worker 502 - -
Marginal Worker 280 40 240

Caste Factor

Shiya village of Banaskantha has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.61 % of total population in Shiya village. The village Shiya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shiya village out of total population, 782 were engaged in work activities. 64.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 782 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 293 were Agricultural labourer.