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Turkha Population - Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Turkha is a large village located in Botad Taluka of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat with total 1199 families residing. The Turkha village has population of 5889 of which 2958 are males while 2931 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turkha village population of children with age 0-6 is 783 which makes up 13.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turkha village is 991 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Turkha as per census is 938, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Turkha village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Turkha village was 68.14 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Turkha Male literacy stands at 76.62 % while female literacy rate was 59.64 %.

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

Turkha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,199 - -
Population 5,889 2,958 2,931
Child (0-6) 783 404 379
Schedule Caste 931 437 494
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 68.14 % 76.62 % 59.64 %
Total Workers 2,849 1,646 1,203
Main Worker 1,993 - -
Marginal Worker 856 241 615

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.81 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.02 % of total population in Turkha village.

Work Profile

In Turkha village out of total population, 2849 were engaged in work activities. 69.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2849 workers engaged in Main Work, 801 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1042 were Agricultural labourer.